Interpreting figurines as potential images of the self, used in identity construction and display, Chapter 4 posits a recursive process in which figurines educated their users on socially acceptable norms of self-presentation while also reshaping those norms. Greek and Babylonian identities were negotiated through these objects, in which hybrid identity formations differed along gender, age, and class lines, with some sectors of society (especially youthful and female groups) more engaged in cross-cultural interaction than others.