Figure Vessel 16th century () Huastec This vessel depicts a nude, pear-shaped male figure in a squatting position with both hands raised to either side of his large head. His fingers, indicated by incisions and paint, touch to form an "O" and each palm is pierced with a small hole. Covered with a base layer of yellow-buff slip, his corpulent, almost infantile body is decorated with an array of dark maroon lines, circles, and scalloped motifs representing body paint or tattoos. Like an animal seated on its haunches, the figure’s stout thighs and paw-like feet are drawn close to his flanks, framing his round belly and modeled genitalia.Viewed from the front, the vessel’s curved face obscures much of the open neck and short, shoulder-mounted spout of the jug. As the viewer approaches, however, the back edge of the central void gradually appears to fill the holes of his slackened mouth and hollow orbits, creating the illusion that the figure’s eyes roll backward in an ecstatic, trance-lik