San Juanito Style Jalisco Terracotta Sculpture of a Kneeling Woman - PF.1000 Origin: Western Mexico Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD Dimensions:9.25" (23.5cm) high x 5.5" (14.0cm) wide Collection: Pre-Columbian Style: San Juanito Medium: Terracotta
This buxom Jalisco beauty with her dramatic
headdress and artistocratic nose reminds us that
even in the rituals surrounding death there is the
promise of fertility and renewal. Such figures
offer the hope for continued life and even
thousands of years later she seems alive and
vital.
- (PF.1000)