Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Information Forms (hierarchy name)
5. information forms (objects)
6. document genres
7. [documents by function]
8. [identifying markings and symbols]
9. devices (symbols)
10. insignias (devices)
11. tlahuiztli

Anotations

Scope note:

Nahua "toe" or "claw" military insignia rendered as an elongated droplet-like shape and topped by a feather crest, usually of quetzal feathers. Worn on a back frame, it was manufactured in yellow, green, and red varieties and paired with a feathered bodysuits of the same color. It was given to high-ranking warriors and as a tribute item in the postclassic period across central Mexico.