This stone or ceramic figure from Colima, Mexico—dating to roughly 100 BCE–250 CE during the Proto-Classic period—portrays a warrior rendered with the bold, dynamic modeling characteristic of West Mexican sculpture.

The figure stands confidently with a broad, fan-shaped headdress or backrack, an element often associated with status, martial prowess, or ceremonial display. In one hand he grasps a human trophy head, a potent symbol of victory in battle and the ritualized warfare practiced in ancient West Mexico.

Such imagery reflects the region’s complex beliefs surrounding death, power, and the afterlife, and suggests that the figure may have served a funerary or ritual function, embodying protection, prestige, or the continuation of martial strength beyond the mortal realm.