https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/114622/fullFemale figure900–1400 CE[]CeramicTall female figure simply adorned with a patterned necklace and a plume or crest above the rounded headdress or coiffure. ________ The Huastec culture was centered in northern Veracruz, along the Gulf coast area of what is now Mexico. The Huastecs flourished during the Early Postclassic Period, succeeding the earlier Maya and preceding the later Aztecs. The Huastecs are noted for constructing round buildings dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl. The tall hairstyle is typical of these slender, graceful Huastec figures. Similar to ballplayer figure 97.017.001, and to plates 325 and 326, page 225, in Precolumbian Art of Mexico and Central America, by Hasso Von Winning. Also similar to figures on page 78 in Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica (1985), by Gerald Berjonneau and Jean-Louis Sonnery, Editions Arts: Boulogne.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@61https://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/29042/rdf