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a type of drum; associated with Xipe
(ca. 1582, Mexico City)
Sahagún identifies the "Yopi" with the Tlapaneca, and he says that their deity was called Totec Tlatlauhqui Tezcatlipoca.
Miercoles S[an] Joseph ylhuitzin q[ui]z yq[ua]c nez in yopichimalli auh in yopihuehuetl yquac in mozcallitzino t[o]t[ecuy]o. = El miércoles se celebró la fiesta de San José. Entonces apareció el yopichimalli y el yopihuehuetl, cuando resucitó Nuestro Señor. (ca. 1582, Mexico City)
"Sahagún identifica a los yopi como tlapaneca y dice que su dios se llamaba Totec Tlatlauhqui Tezcatlipoca (1956, vol. III: 205).