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Michoacan Art : Michoacan Vessel in the Form of a Seated Man
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Michoacan Vessel in the Form of a Seated Man - PF.2033
Origin: Michoacan, Mexico
Circa: 500
BC
to 200
BC
Dimensions:
5" (12.7cm) high
x 4.5" (11.4cm) wide
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
$5,000.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
With lively energy, using a few abstract lines, the
artist has delineated the human figure. The
hollow cavity suggests that this little sculpture
was left as a funerary votive, filled with an
offering of food or drink. A further connection to
funerary ritual is made by the floral adornments
which encircle the head; these appear to be
peyote buds used to make connections with the
spirit world. Exotic and unfamiliar though such a
figure might be, it nonetheless connects us in a
direct way with a distant human life not unlike
our own.
- (PF.2033)
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