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a paper box; a paper cone worn on the head by condemned people; a paper crown; or, a bookstore (see Molina)
Jnjc nechichioale omexaoale, amacale, olchachapanquj, tlaolchipinilli yn jamacal, yoan quetzalmjiaoaio, aiuchicaoace. = Thus was she arrayed: two spots were painted on her face; she had a paper crown; large drops of liquid rubber and small drops were spattered over her paper crown, and it had quetzal feathers arranged to resemble corn-tassels. She carried the mist-rattleboard. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
amacalli = paper crown (combining amatl + calli)
Y yamacal quetzalmiavayo = her paper crown has a quetzal feather crest
"caja de papel" = "pieza de papel que se usaba simplemente como tocado o como estructura de un tocado de plumas" -- "En D 6 dice que el anecúyotl era un amacalli con plumas."