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a copper instrument that is played while dancing (see Molina); a gong (see attestations); possibly also a clapper on a large European-type bell
See an image that represents tetzilacatl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
tetzilacatl = a copper gong
"pablo deçilacatl" Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 756 recto
"Lockhart (1999:407) recoge los cascabeles y sonajas españolas bajo la palabra Caxtillan tetzilacatl, en su cuadro VI.9 (titulado 'Términos inicials para los instrumentos musicales españoles y la forma de tocarlos')."