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Chupicuaro Sculpture of a Standing Woman - PF.0626
Origin: Chupicuaro, Mexico
Circa: 350 BC to 250 BC
Dimensions: 3.5" (8.9cm) high x 1.875" (4.8cm) wide
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Chupicuaro
Medium: Terracotta


Additional Information: 18 Karat Gold Base
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Location: United States
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This woman is simply attired in a loincloth and necklace. About her shoulders are signs of ritual scarification. Very likely, the person who placed her in an ancient tomb to keep eternal vigil with the dead was a woman not unlike this. - (PF.0626)
 

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