The maize ears are incorporated into the headgear or on other parts of the body of the figure.
Based on the smooth, unwrinkled face, the figure appears to depict a young person with some kind of cap or headgear.
Except for the silhouette of the ears, the facial features are completely obliterated, and no traces of headgear are evident.
These modifications are presumed to have facilitated their use as headgear.
All three are bald and lack any headgear or iconography on the head.
Figurines without headgear usually appear to be bald, although incisions on the rear of several heads may represent hair; painted elements also may once have been present.
Group 1 figurines often wear headgear, indicated by paint and / or modeling.
Headgear was a key social marker in this society of sartorial laws and hierarchical ranks, denoting one's religion, brotherhood affiliation, rank in administration, military regiment, and so on.
