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manta.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
manta.
Principal English Translation: 

cloth, blanket, cape

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents manta in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

These were precious tribute items both before and after European contact.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

S[an] Pablo q'[ui]tocato angeles[m]e ymantas ynic q'[ui]napalotiaque auh yn inmanca Sant Pablo tlaca in cruz q'[ui]yacantia. = Lo fueron a enterrar en San Pablo, en las andas de los Ángeles lo fueron cargando y la cruz con manga que iba adelante era de la gente de San Pablo. (ca. 1582, México)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (México: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 136–137.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing