Remojadas

Remojadas (Spanish pronunciation: [remoˈxaðas]) is a name applied to a culture, an archaeological site, as well as an artistic style that flourished on Mexico's Veracruz Gulf Coast from perhaps 100 BCE to 800 CE.

[2] The archaeological site has remained largely unexplored since the initial investigations by Alfonso Medellin Zenil in 1949 and 1950.

Thousands of these expressive and diverse figurines have been unearthed, found across a wide variety of settings, including burials and middens.

Figurines portray deities, rulers, and commoners, as well as many types of animals including dogs and deer.

[9] However, Mary Ellen Miller and Karl Taube find that "it is more likely that many of the smiling figures represent performers".

A Sonrientes figurine (curiously, with two right hands), and a head in the Remojadas style, 300 CE to 900 CE.
Remojadas and other important Classic Era settlements
A large terracotta figurine of a young chieftain in the Remojadas style. In his 1957 book on Mesoamerican art, Miguel Covarrubias speaks of Remojadas' "magnificent hollow figures with expressive faces, in majestic postures and wearing elaborate paraphernalia indicated by added clay elements." [ 3 ]
300 - 600 CE; Height: 31 in (79 cm).
A wheeled deer (or perhaps dog), in the Remojadas style. [ 11 ] This ceramic figurine also functions as a whistle. Its nose is painted with bitumen , a type of crude petroleum.
Height: 7 in. (18 cm); length: 8 in (21 cm).