I'm just going to give this to you straight and unedited.
The figurines you're seeing here and previously are just
the tip of the collection. The collection is vast. The
figurines are predominantly fun, cute, and amazing. What
is most amazing about them is that they're not violent or evil
in any way. They don't show any signs of a culture of dominance.
They are playing musical instruments, dancing, hanging out around their homes
with their children.
Okay, so you do things like this, what's so amazing? Think about prehistoric
Mexico for a second. What comes instantly to your mind? Aztecs? Mayans? Cultures
of sacrifice and war? Mel Gibson's latest directoral effort?
Most people are familiar with the prehistoric Mexican civilizations along the
Gulf of Mexico, the Mayans, as well as the Aztec civilization in the heartland.
However few are familiar with the West Mexico civilization that made these figurines.
Here's an enticing fact, the ancient West Mexican culture we now call Tarascan was
never conquered by the Aztecs.
Actress Natalie Woods became an avid collector of these little charming figurines
from the ancient people who lived in West Mexico. If you would like a bit more
specificity, they lived around the area we now know as the states of Jalisco, Nayarit and Colima.
I'm going to leave you here with these beginning tidbits. The sun is down. It's time for bed.
More clues will come soon.
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