# Figure in Flower Ornament

- Date: 500–900
- Medium: earthenware with slip
- Classification: Jewelry
- Dimensions: Diameter: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
- Culture: Mexico, Yucatán, Jaina Island region, Campeche, Maya style (250-900)
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wadhams in memory of Miss Helen Humphreys
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.155.1)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1967.155.1/1967.155.1_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Figures within flowers are one of the most enchanting themes of the Maya ceramic art of Jaina, an island off the western Yucatán coast. The figures, usually males who cross their arms over their bodies, are either radiantly youthful or aged (as here), suggesting a relationship to the life cycle.