namictli (Osu13r)

This is a painting of an iconographic example featuring a Spanish woman, the spouse (namictli) of a Doctor Puga (a magistrate in New Spain). As the contextualizing image shows, she is standing in profile, facing the viewer's right, and confronting a Nahua man named Miguel Chichimecatl, facing left. She holds aloft, above her head, three long green leaves with visible roots or stems. The man has three similar leaves (but blue) attached to his waist. He holds a staff of office. In his right hand, he holds a coin, one tomín, one eighth of a peso, also called a real in Spanish. This coin is round with a small circle in the middle, typically an indication that this is just one tomín. As seen in the contextualizing image, another coin has two small circles, which is a reference to two tomines. And a half-coin appears to the right of that.
The woman wears a full-length red dress with white belt. Her hair is covered with a white cloth. She wears shoes that appear to be red. Miguel Chichicmecatl wears a white, knee-length tunic and, over that, a white cape tied on his left shoulder. His clothing--and the staff--is appropriate for a Nahua town council officer.