A pair of sculptures by Alejandro Casarín represent two tlatoani, rulers of the Aztec/Mexica empire. They are Ahuizotl and Itzcóatl, and they were intended to represent Mexico at the 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris. However, due to their weight, the statues were never shipped to France. Instead, the bronzes stayed in Mexico, and like the Statue of Liberty, slowly acquired a now-defining green patina. Since the term indios (Indians) was still commonly used to refer to Indigenous people, the sculptures eventually came to be known as Los Indios Verdes (“The Green…
