seated indigenous lord, Don Alo[n]so

Xochitepec, Mapa de

seated indigenous lord, Don Alo[n]so

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This figure, seated on an icpalli (Aztec throne), represents ”don alo[n]so,” a nobleman with a Spanish personal name. Don Alonso was thus the first of the Xochitepec to be baptised and receive a Christian name. [Jesper Nielsen]