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f. 23r., two indigenous men standing

f. 23r., two indigenous men standing

This is a page showing two indigenous men standing. No text has been added to identify them. They appear to be hunter/warriors, given that they are dressed in hides and they have quivers and arrows. They may be meant to represent Chichimec ancestors. The hides they wear wrapped around their waists have black spots (suggesting jaguar/ocelotl?). The men are shirtless and apparently both are barefooted. They both have black hair reaching to their shoulders, and they appear to have a single feather coming off the top of their heads. The figure on our right has a somewhat more detailed chest. The chests and abdomens of both, however, have some lines that indicate musculature. Their skin tone is a reddish brown, with darker tones used to indicate three dimensionality. Both men have their arms bent at the elbow, in approximately 90 degree angles. The one on our right may be holding and arrow in his right hand, which disappears behind the other man. This same man also holds an arrow in his left hand (on our right). The arrow points are black, and the arrow ends have black feathers. [Note: For a clarification of jaguar (ocelotl) vs. ocelot (tlacoocelotl), see what Gordon Whittaker wrote in an Aztlan post in 2012, hosted here: http://blogs.uoregon.edu/mesoinstitute/about/curriculum-unit-development/stem/ethnozoology/jaguarsocelots/.] [SW]