a painted cloth, or an image painted on cloth (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tilma tlacuilolli. manta pintada, o ymagen pintada en manta. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 113r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.