Huexotzincatl (Mdz42r)

This compound glyph for the ethnic name Huexotzincatl doubles as the place name, Huexotzinco. The glyph includes two elements plus a man's head. Aside from the head, one element is a tree known as a white willow (huexotl). The other is a man's buttocks or bottom (tzintli) used here to provide the phonetic value for the locative suffix (-tzinco), place. The tree is a two-tone green. It has a leader and two side branches. The bottom is of a male (with the white waist band of the loincloth visible), the skin tone is a terracotta, and the lower half of the body is in a profile view with the man facing to the viewer's right. The head is attached to the glyph with a line. The head is in profile looking to the viewer's right. The man has a red (leather?) headband and short dark hair tucked behind his ear. A white, curving ornament (labret, according to Berdan and Anawalt) appears on his chin, perhaps coming out of his lip (not visible). [See Berdan and Anawalt, The Codex Mendoza, 1992, vol. 1, pl. 188.]