The third gesture we will consider, which I will refer to as Gesture 3, involves tightly wrapping the arms around the torso, while keeping the hands under the armpits (illustrations b, c, d, and a). This is not to be confused with a similar gesture that, nevertheless, requires the hands to rest on top of the arms. The gesture we are dealing with here is never displayed by central figures.

Illustration courtesy of Justin Kerr's Mayavase Database.