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tepozcuauhcozcatl.

Headword: 
tepozcuauhcozcatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a metal throat ring that would be put on a slave (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuzquauhcozcatl, tepozquauhcozcatl
Alonso de Molina: 

tepuzquauhcozcatl. argolla de esclauo para la garganta.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 104r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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Labor, Work, Labor Concerns
Metals, Mining
Slavery
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
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