1,500-year-old Ceramic Maya Figurine with Removable Helmet, from El Perú-Waka’, Petén, Guatemala
Figurine representing a dwarf with removable helmet , The small anthropomorphic ceramic figurine modeled with the application of pigment comes from burial 39 of the Mayan archaeological site, located in Petén, Guatemala: “El Perú-Waka”;
He wears a helmet made with two discs on the upper front part, at the back of the helmet a kind of hook rises from which a green rock in the shape of a rhombohedron hangs;
He also wears a kind of scarf and a hip protector on top of a truss, he has a cloth tied to his right fist, it could be a representation of a snail used for fights, hence some call these types of figurines “boxers”.
