re-Columbian, El Salvador and Honduras, Maya Territories, Proto-Maya, Pre-Classic period, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A lovely pottery figure of a female depicted standing atop bulbous legs with tapered feet. Her attenuated arms bend at the elbows to rest on her stomach, just above her wide hips which are covered by a loin cloth. Her ancient visage gazes skyward exhibiting slender eyes, a round nose, and a slightly open mouth, all flanked by a pair of pierced ears. The wide hips are indicative of fertility and child birth and this was certainly an offering to the gods.