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Nayarit Kneeling Hunchback with - PF.1114
Origin: Mexico (Western)
Circa: 300 BC
Dimensions: 21.5" (54.6cm) high
Catalogue: V6
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Chinesco
Medium: Terracotta

Location: UAE

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Fashioned in an eloquently abstract style, this beautifully burnished figure was originally intended to hold a tomb offering of food or drink. He carries that temporary burden atop the more permanent weight of his curved spine, which the artist has endowed with the beauty of truth. In ancient America, the hunchback was a figure of magic and supernatural power. We feel that magic energy still, glowing across the centuries. - (PF.1114)

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