XBP351802 Cihuateotl figure representing a woman who has died in childbirth, Remojadas Style, from Tlalixcoyan, Vera Cruz (pottery) by Pre-Columbian; height: 136.5 cm; Museo de Antropologia, Jalapa, Mexico; (add.info.: mortal women who died in childbirth were deified; wearing earrings, dragon headdress, a shell necklace and knotted blue rope; mouth open and eyes closed symbolise death;); Photo 穢 Boltin Picture Library; South American, out of copyright.