Moquihuix (Mdz19r)

This multicolored painting of the compound glyph for the personal name Moquihuix (the name of the fourth ruler of Tlatelolco) is attested here as a man's name. The elements of the glyph still require decipherment. A man's head is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's left. The face is painted half red (on the right side of the face) and half terracotta (on the left). He wears a yellow nose ornament (yacametztli, in Nahuatl, or nariguera, in Spanish) that was probably gold. His "hair" is a series of dots reminiscent of the bubbles of the beverage called (octli), which is a phonetic indicator for the middle part of his name. His head is shown in profile, facing to the viewer's right. He also wears a white ear ornament.