This exhibit features vessels and both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines that once formed part of the funerary offerings buried with individuals in shaft tombs. These tombs consisted of a chamber accessed through a narrow vertical shaft. This funerary practice developed in western Mexico, particularly in Nayarit, as well as in present-day Jalisco, Colima, and the southern part of Zacatecas. The variety and richness of the offerings found in these tombs reflect the social rank and importance of the individuals during their lifetime.

This same gallery also displays anthropomorphic urns known as "Mololoa Urns". These represent another funerary tradition in which the dead were cremated and their ashes placed in ceramic urns. Such urns have been found in the valleys of Matatipac and Compostela.