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c-aliente. Fans of tlie otlK^r kind wciv s!in[)loi' and wore used in 

 traveling'. Hence tliev are the symbol for a traveler or for a king's 

 messenger. I reproduce here a i)icture from the Mendoza codex, 

 page 09 (figure 1?A), which I'epresents the old and tried warriors 



Fio. lol. Warriors with fans, from tlie Mendoza oodex. 



who had received the title Tequiua from the king and had the right 

 conferred on them to go as his ambassadors (eml)axadores) and to 

 serve as leaders and pathfinders in war (adalides en las guerras). 

 They are represented ''with their great lances and fans" (con sus 



Fig. 132. MessenRers and tradei-s .-iltMckcd, from tlie Mendoza codex. 



lanzones y ventallos), as the translation says, and with their bodies 

 painted black, corresponding to their rank, and because they are 

 bound on an official mission. In a, figure VV2. I give a pair of mes- 

 sengers of low^n- rank (mandones — executores y embajadores del 



