TCUcollection2014-11-202014-11-20https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/6984Maya CultureThis ceramic head displays exaggerated facial features. In many Mesoamerican cultures, people with deformities were accorded a high social status and believed to have special, sacred powers. Though its exact context and function are unknown, it may have once been attached to a larger figure.Ceramichttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/