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  1. Turkey vessel with double spout : rattle in the head. (6)
  2. Turpen, Carol (1)
  3. Turtles--Art (6)
  4. Tutoring (1)
  5. tutoring (24)
  6. Tutors (2)
  7. tutors (1)
  8. Tweezers : spherical pinchers. (4)
  9. Tweezers were formed from a single sheet of copper and folded over at the top. The mirror images joined in the middle had to be formed or cut out of a sheet of copper. The crescent-shape ends were hammered convex before folding. (4)
  10. Tweezers were very common in the Central South American Andes, but not in Mesoamerica. The elite Tarascans wore tweezers as a pendant. They probably were more than an object to remove facial hair. The tweezers were more like badge of office or status. (4)
  11. Tweezers, crescent pinchers : plain. (4)
  12. Two circular pendants. Made from shell: spondylus princeps. (2)
  13. Two earspools. Made from shell: spondylus princeps. (6)
  14. Two elite males struggle with each other. They hold each other's hair or headdress, which indicates defeat. One male holds a spherical objective in his hand and is about to hit the other male. They could be engaged in storytelling, a fight, a sacrifice, or a curing ceremony. (6)
  15. Two identical ollas are united by a bridge handle and a lower flow tube. Each olla contains a black geometric meandering shoulder design and a textured restricted neck design. It is possible for materials (liquids) to move back and forth through the lower flow tube. (8)
  16. Two male figures are seated with their arms around each others shoulders. They are very similar, except one is a bit taller and the other has a horn (the mark of a shaman). Are they twins? It is also possible that they larger figure is female and the horned figure a male. Are they a couple? (6)
  17. Two Pauahtuns or Maya chiefs face each other engaged in a dialog. The slightly larger chief is more important. A white pole between them indicates the conversation took place in a ball court. The glyph above could be part of a date, a place, or a name. (7)
  18. Two side head projections help to place this Toltec figure in Post Classic Colima. Fertility is indicated by her sex. The clay surface probably was polychromed and she wore clothing or paper garments. (5)
  19. Two similar plumbate ollas were formed from a bulb bottom, a flaring high neck collar rim, and fanged deity applique. The fang deities represent concepts of one or uniqueness and duality or opposition. (6)
  20. Two similar plumbate ollas were formed from a bulb bottom, a flaring high neck collar rim, and fanged deity applique. the fang deities represent concepts of one or uniqueness and duality or opposition. (6)