Normally, I sit quietly in my display case while I'm being admired by museum visitors, however, since I have your attention, I think I'll take this opportunity to tell you a little bit more about myself and my life story.

I began my life as a simple lump of clay - not just any lump, but special clay extracted from a prized resource and used only for the making of fine ceramic objects like me. The hands of a skilled professional potter molded me into my hollow shape, with my armbands, nose-ring, ear ornaments, game ball, and braided clay coils added with great care and detail. My clothing and my fret designs, tattoos, and face paint were applied with slip, a diluted mixture of clay, pigments, and water. My painter used fine brushes made from plant fibres or animal hair. I am a representation of a ballplayer, from the West Mexican state of Nayarit or possibly from Jalisco.

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