Zacatecas Seated Figures, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC-AD 250

Edward and Joyce Strauss, Colorado, acquired prior to 1971

André Emmerich, New York ( inv. no. XWC 17 a, b), acquired from the above

Donald and Lucy Beldock, New York, acquired from the above in June 1972

The enigmatic and lively style of Zacatecas is portrayed in this male and female duo, each showing the characteristic pierced facial features, thin looped arms and resist body decoration. The male figure has a unique hair coiffure believed to be hair wrapped around upright supports creating the appearance of mushroom stalks. 

For similar examples, see Mireille Holsbeke and Karel Arnaut, eds., Offerings for a New Life: Funerary Images from Pre-Columbian West Mexico, Antwerp, 1998, p. 163, fig. 88.