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tencolli.

Headword: 
tencolli.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of chin strap worn by brave warriors to show their courage

Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing Wimmer (2004), "sorte de têntetl ou mentonnière que portaient les braves," https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tencolli; translated here to English by Stephanie Wood.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents tencolli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).