Seated Female Figure 6th-9th century Maya In the form of a seated royal Maya woman, this figurine also probably functioned as a whistle, with the mouthpiece cleverly hidden in the coiffure of the subject and an opening on the figures right shoulder. The woman crosses her legs which are covered by a long skirt. Her hands rest on her shins and she wears cuffs composed of tubular beads, likely depicting jadeite or greenstone. Other jade ornaments are depicted, including an earflare assemblage (see 1989.314.15a, b) and a necklace with spherical beads, further underscoring her status as part of a royal court. She sits upright, wearing a flowing off-the-shoulder huipil blouse or cape (or, perhaps a garment known in Nahuatl as quechquémitl). The garment, modeled separately from the body, retains the original fingerprints of the figurines maker in multiple places. Her hair is swept back and held with a headband with a tie on the front, cascading onto the forehead. Hand-modeled and molded fig