This hollow ceramic sculpture of a kneeling female figure is typical of the Jalisco-Ameca style of western Mexico. From around 300 BC to 400 AD, the ceramic art of western Mexico was divided into three main styles: Jalisco, Nayarit and Colima. Each style consisted of sub-styles, which were named after archaeological sites or villages in the areas. This object is an example of a ceramic sculpture of the Ameca, a sub-style of Jalisco. Most Ameca objects were found at the Ahualulco site.
Very characteristic of Jalisco-Ameca ceramics are the elongated faces, with high foreheads (a sign of beauty and status in many Mesoamerican societies) often covered with turban-like headgear; long eagles, narrow noses and wide mouths, often slightly open. Also very typical of these sculptures are the eyes, which are wide with pronounced rims made before firing by adding individual strips of clay.
                                
 
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