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enamacac.
Headword:
enamacac.
Principal English Translation:
a bean seller
Orthographic Variants:
henamacac
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents enamacac in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
The description (on f. 48r) of the bean seller uses male pronouns, but the seller that is pictured is a woman. The description explains how the seller takes great pains to sort the beans as to size and color (and there is a great variety). The best beans are equated with a good bracelet, jadeite, and turquoise. They are stored in a bag, a bin, or a reed box (petlacalli). (SW, paraphrasing)