Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Gulf Coast, Huastec culture, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A standing female figure with wide hips and thighs, arms held to the chest, and a tall, elaborate headdress. Her face is broad with a pointed nose and narrow eyes.

In southern Tamaulipas and northern Veracruz, Huastec artists left many clay and stone figures of women. The emphasis on wide thighs points to a fertility cult, and Huastec female figures typically wear tall, sophisticated headdresses like this one. Source: Xanadu Gallery, San Francisco, from the Land Collection.