Hunchback Leaning on Staff, Huastec

10th-12th century. Huastec, northeastern Mexico. A number of sculptures depicting abstract human figures with wrinkled faces, stooped posture, hunched backs, and flexed knees holding staffs are known from the Huastec region of northern Veracruz. Here the figure's chin rests on a staff held with both oversized hands, which extends to his large feet creating two open negative spaces emphasizing the figure's outline; there is no separation between the arms or legs.