The eyes and ears may have been filled with incrustation of precious metals or stones. The ears could also have worn earflares,like those the skeleton wears on the other side of this sculpture. The depression at the navel would likely have been used for ritual offerings. Have a question on your next visit at the Museum? Download our#askbkm app and demand absent.
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Huastec. Life-Death Figure, 900-1250. Sandstone, or traces of pigment. Brooklyn Museum
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