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Warrior figure
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Cylindrical vase
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Two-spout bottle with bridge handle
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Bowl
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Bottle with stirrup handle
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Ulama player figurine
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Bottle
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Anthropomorphic jar
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Powerplant
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Seated young dignitary
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Stars
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Whistling bottle with stirrup handle
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Painted fabric
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Fragment of a small tzompantli
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Pair of anthropomorphic vases
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Bottle with erotic scene
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Bowls
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Bottle
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Drum
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Portrait bottle with stirrup handle
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Cylindrical vessel
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Childbirth scene
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Zoomorphic bottle with spout and bridge handle
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A cup
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 Figure of deity
Warrior figure
Cylindrical vase
Two-spout bottle with bridge handle
Bowl
Bottle with stirrup handle
Ulama player figurine
Bottle
Anthropomorphic jar
Powerplant
Seated young dignitary
Stars
Whistling bottle with stirrup handle
Painted fabric
Fragment of a small tzompantli
Pair of anthropomorphic vases
Bottle with erotic scene
Bowls
Bottle
Drum
Portrait bottle with stirrup handle
Cylindrical vessel
Childbirth scene
Zoomorphic bottle with spout and bridge handle
A cup
 Figure of deity

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Description

Strongly expressive female figure in hieratic pose, with large head, slit eyes indicating death and open mouth containing a jade tube used in the funeral ritual; the headdress richly adorned with feathers and pendants denotes supernatural power; the earlobes are pierced, the hands hold symbols, the sandals on the feet are adorned with propitiatory bows, a necklace with a knotted pendant around the neck. A long robe covers the body which is tightly covered with a flayed human skin: based on this detail, the figure represented seems to be a precursor of the Aztec divinity Xipe Totec associated with fertility and rebirth. It could also be a Cihuateotl (= Sacred Woman, Woman Goddess), a woman who died in childbirth. In the Veracruz culture, as well as in the Aztec one, in fact, women who died in childbirth were venerated like the warriors who died in battle, having also fought between life and death to give birth.

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