Phallic Figure Standing phallic figure with skull (mask?)
Figures with phalluses often also have skeletal faces or limbs and may represent supernatural beings somehow associated with fertility. Ball game paraphernalia included phallus-like projections and had connections with death, so this may represent a ball player instead.
Ceramic, puparia absent
Comala style, Colima
Height 10-3/4 in (27 cm)
HM3661
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