In the church of Santa María Tonantzintla, in Puebla, the decoration of the interior shows figures “de facciones indígenas” (with Indigenous features), according to México Desconocido. The decoration also includes tropical fruits such as mangoes and papayas, flowers and leaves.
In 1942, in La escultura colonial mexicana, published by El Colegio de México, the art historian José Moreno Villa proposed a name for such work: “yo propongo la antigua voz mexicana ‘Tequitqui’, o sea, tributario” (I propose the old Mexican word tequitqui, that is, tributary).