Reproduction of the sculpture of Mictlantecuhtli (the Aztec lord of the Underworld) found in El Zapotal, Veracruz.

The unfired sculpture depicts the Lord of the Underworld as a grinning character
who is part-skeletal (skull, rib cage and arms) and part-flesh (hands, legs, and feet.
Fragments of pigment show that the sculpture was originally painted. He sports an
elaborate headdress adorned with profile skulls and a bat face in its center,
large circular ear spools, and a bib-like pectoral. The roundel on his belt and
loincloth serves to identify rulers on stone sculptures at nearby Cerro de las Mesas.
His facial expression seems to say "Welcome to my realm."