Chapter 3 shifts its focus to figuration in clay, exploring the small, hand-modeled ceramic figurines that are far more abundant in the archaeological record and equally engaged with human representation. It considers issues of scale, function, context, and sensory expression across the geographic breadth of Preclassic Mesoamerica. It argues that figurines were a key part of a Preclassic “figured world,” or a social world that was both produced and reproduced through the practices of people from all walks of life who crafted and utilized figurines.