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Terracotta Ritual Phallus - PF.1452
Origin: North Coast of Peru
Circa: 800
AD
to 1200
AD
Dimensions:
7" (17.8cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Peruvian
Medium: Terracotta
$3,000.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Since the dawn of time, cultures throughout the
world have viewed balance of the cosmos in
terms of male and female. The abundance of
crops and game, the perpetuation of species, the
survival of human life itself, are often perceived
in the most basic sexual manner. In rituals to
ensure fertility, the male penis is sometimes
itself object of worship, while at other times it is
an adjunct to the more feminine forces of nature.
The early conquistadors reported that certain
peoples of Peru engaged in highly sexual
religious rites, and it is likely that a phallus like
this would have been used in such ceremonies.
It is an undeniably sexual object, yet it speaks of
essential human qualities that are timeless and
universal.
- (PF.1452)
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