a special hair binder with double feather tassels (literally, a thing used to tie something) (see Olko); also, a head band
tlalpiloni (noun) = an ornament for the head
From (i)lpia, "to tie." The feathers are not specified in the name of the hair ornament.
cuauhtlalpiloni = hair-binder made of eagle feathers;
quetzallalpiloni, quetzalalpiloni, quetzallalpilonj, quetzallalpilloni, quetzaltlalpiloni = quetzal feather hair-binder (the most prestigious);
xolotlalpiloni = dark yellow parrot feather hair binder (one of the attributes of Otomí warriors);
zacuantlalpiloni = hair binder with yellow and black troupial feathers from the zacuantototl
in tetepeiotl, in xivitzolli, in matemecatl, in cotzeoatl, in nacochtli, in tentetl, in tlalpilonj = the peaked cap, the turquoise diadem, the arm band, the band for the calf of the leg, the ear plug, the lip rod, the head band (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
xolotlalpiloni = tocado con "plumas del pecho y la barriga [del loro]...amarillas oscuras" (Sahagún 1997, 631)