Two-headed Female Figurine

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This ceramic figurine—in the style of Tlatilco, an early village site in central Mexico—depicts a female with two heads and stubby arms. Since many figurines from the period depict females, modern interpreters usually connect them to fertility concerns. Here, however, the physical abnormalities may indicate a relationship with the supernatural realm. Double-headed figurines may reflect the belief that interaction between two basic principles gives rise to the universe.

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