macuiltecpanpixqui (MH640r)

This black-line drawing of an example of the iconography of the macuiltecpanpixqui (guardian of five groups of twenty tribute payers) appears standing in profile, facing toward the viewer's left. In his right hand he holds five (macuilli) vertical, rectangular, white banners on sticks. Each one is a tecpantli, representing twenty tribute payers. The man wears a Spanish-style shirt and short pants. But tied on one shoulder is a cape of the type Indigenous elite men wore. The man also has bare feet, another indication that the still has a foot (so to speak) in the Indigenous world. He is gesturing with a finger on his left hand, pointing downward.