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Michoacan Sculpture of a Standing Woman - PF.1340
Origin: Michoacan, Mexico
Circa: 400
BC
to 100
BC
Dimensions:
5" (12.7cm) high
x 2.125" (5.4cm) wide
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
£1,350.00
Location: UAE
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| Description |
Though she wears an elaborate headdress and
jewelry, this voluptuous woman is otherwise
naked. Placed long ago in an ancient tomb, she
was meant to evoke human fertility, the promise
of renewal and rebirth in the afterlife. In spirit,
she is sister to the neolithic Venuses and the
terracotta Astartes of the old world. Delicate and
charming in appearance, she nonetheless
radiates a primal energy, a power that is older
than memory.
- (PF.1340)
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