Note 835 — Chapter XIX · MEDICINE AND FUNERAL RITES AMONG THE NAHUAS.
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'Sobre la mortaja le ponian vna mascara pintada.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., tom. ii., p. 521. Perhaps he confounds the idol image on the robe with the mask, for it is unlikely that the mask should be placed upon the shroud. 'Visage découvert.' Camargo, Hist. Tlax., in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1843, tom. xcviii., p. 201. Speaking of the obsequies of Tezozomoc of Azcapuzalco, Ixtlilxochitl says that a turquoise mask was put over his face, 'conforme lo fisonomía de su rostro. Esto no se usaba sino con los monarcas de esta tierra; á los demas reyes les ponian una máscara de oro.' Relaciones, in Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. ix., p. 370. Veytia states that it was a gold mask 'garnecida de turquezas.' Hist. Ant. Mej., tom. iii., p. 5. The hair, says Gomara, 'quedaua la memoria de su anima.' Conq. Mex., fol. 309.