# "Horned" Male

- Date: 100 BCE–300 CE
- Medium: earthenware with colored slips, black burial deposits
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: Overall: 41.5 x 24.9 x 24.7 cm (16 5/16 x 9 13/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
- Culture: West Mexico, Colima, Comala style
- Credit line: Fiftieth anniversary gift of the Womens Council in honor of the Museum's Seventy-fifth anniversary
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.20)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.20/1991.20_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This figure’s concentrated, otherworldly expression is emphasized by the hornlike element strapped to its forehead. This "horn" may be the spire of a conch shell, which comes from water and, therefore, refers to fertility—likely an important ritual concern of West Mexican chiefs. The element also could represent the "horn of power" worn in some areas of the world by shamans, the spiritual leaders and healers of small, nonindustrial societies.