The other three figurines depict male personages, one of them old and the other young, both in an identical seated position.
The physical positions depicted by the hollow figurines, even when motionless, symbolize some of the daily and ritual activities of the ruler.
Secondary craft activities in one workshop included making cotton spindle whorls and some lapidary and figurine manufacturing.
In each photograph, two additional figurines were included: a second token of each of the figurines representing the agent and the patient of the action.
Access to the majority of solid figurines does not appear to have been restricted.
We noted a pattern in the funeral rites of this region-specifically, in the remarkable homogeneity in decorative style of contributed vessels and hollow figurines.
Among the offerings, two small greenstone figurines, possibly representing individuals of high status, seem to have played a central role in the dedicatory deposit.
This takes various forms, and includes figurines, terracottas thought to depict the faces of the mask characters, mosaics, plaques, and wall paintings.
