King Eight Deer Jaguar Claw

Illustration of an eleventh century mixtec (mesoamerican) King, as depicted in the Codex Nuttal. A prodigous military commander, he united the mosaic of mixtec kingdoms into an empire, although his ambitions were cut short by his nephew and political rival "4 Wind". His empire would shortly collapse into several warring kingdoms once more until they were eventually conquered by the Aztec empire 3 centuries later. In this ilustration he has black and white (on his hands) body paint, and yellow, red and black facial paint.