Xolohua (MH661r)

Representations of Xolotl can often have characteristics of a dog, with protruding teeth. The wrinkles in its face may recall the aged, ancestor role of a leader named Xolotl. The xoloitzcuintli also has wrinkles on its face, but its ears are not squared off like this. This dog’s squared-off ears are reminiscent of some representations of nenetl in the form of the deity image. Representations of Xolotl can often have characteristics of a dog, with protruding teeth. The wrinkles in its face may recall the aged, ancestor role of a leader named Xolotl. (Xolochtic means wrinkled.) The xoloitzcuintli also has wrinkles on its face, but its ears are not squared off like this. This dog’s squared-off ears are reminiscent of some representations of nenetl in the form of the deity image. If this is not about the ancestral, divine, or canine representation of Xolotl, perhaps it refers to a servant or an enslaved person (as Molina suggests).