Pair of Seated Figures, 100 BC - 300 AD. This couple-extremely fine examples of their kind-may commemorate the marriage of an important person, such as a chief, but could also represent siblings of a chiefly family. Whatever their relationship, their unity is conveyed by their physical similarities, including their jewelry, which marks high social station. The female is unusual in nursing an infant, likely a reference to generational renewal and the continuation of noble bloodlines. The significance of the male’s activity-beating a turtle-shell drum- is not understood.

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Keywords: 1st, ad, art, bc-4th, century, ceramic, cleveland, heritage, mexico, museum, nayarit, unknown