This artwork honors the virtue Temperantia, or Temperance. It reflects the Mexican era of Tubac, after Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821. In the background stands Mission San José de Tumacácori, one of Arizona's oldest and most important landmarks. At the center is a regal woman in a 19th-century Mexican dress. Her embroidered skirt symbolizes the union of Indigenous, Spanish, and Mexican traditions that gave Arizona its roots. Around her are many state symbols: the saguaro blossom (the state flower), the cactus wren (the state bird), and the two-tailed swallowtail (the state butterfly). In the artwork, you'll also find a desert tortoise, a Harris's hawk, a javelina, corn, chiles, and prickly pear.Together, Tubac and Tumacácori remind us that Mexico's presence shaped southern Arizona.