Although a coated Xoloitzcuintli exists, by far the most popular version is the hypoallergenic one, a dog sprouting no fur beyond an asymmetrical “Tabitha’s Salon Takeover” shock between its ears. “It ...
The Aztecs ate them. Frida Kahlo enshrined them in her art. So did Diego Rivera, who in a celebrated mural in Mexico City painted one baring its teeth at the invading Spaniards as they landed at ...