
Hollow Lagunillas funerary effigy sculpture of a reclining male

Ixtlan del Rio style hollow male ceramic funerary effigy
Obsidian blade / Mesoamerican

Essay/Description
Large obsidian blade with tapered points at each end.
Blade believed to have been used in cheek piercing rituals that often accompanied funerals of the elite. These rituals are portrayed in detailed ceramic vignettes from the shaft tomb culture of west Mexico.