Jaina Island style solid ceramic seated male effigy wearing a headdress, earrings, necklaces, clothing, and has stylized hair / Mesoamerican; Mayan
Essay/Description
Ceramic seated male effigy. Jaina Island Style. Figure is wearing a headdress, earrings, necklaces, clothing, and has stylized hair. Traces of paint can be seen.
Jaina Island lies off the coast of the Mexican state of Campeche in the Yucatan Peninsula. It is the site of a Mayan necropolis or a large cemetery where ceramic figurines were often interred with the dead.