These pottery figurines belong to a pre-Columbian culture, an ancient artifact of Michoacán in western Mexico. These terracotta figures are usually depictions of participants in the Mesoamerican game of kickball or related sacrificial activities. In ancient Central America, this kind of ball game was not only a sport, but also a ritual with profound religious and cosmological significance, sometimes even related to life and death.

The name of the cultural relic is Pachime Rattlesnake Turtle, which is made of copper and was made in Pachime, Chihuahua, Mexico. This place is the political center of the Casagrande civilization, which is one of the most prominent and complex cultures in northern Mexico and southwestern United States. The production period of this cultural relic was around 1200 AD. This period was the peak of the Casagrande culture, which had a widespread influence in northern Mexico and southwestern United States. The statue is made by the lost wax method, which requires the destruction of the mold, so there are no two identical works. The statue is now part of the collection of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico.