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Ixtlán del Rio Style : Ixtlán del Rio Style Nayarit Terracotta Sculpture of Woman Holding Offering Pot
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Ixtlán del Rio Style Nayarit Terracotta Sculpture of Woman Holding Offering Pot - PF.1468
Origin: Nayarit, Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
10.25" (26.0cm) high
Catalogue: V10
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Ixtlán del Rio
Medium: Terracotta
Location: UAE
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Wearing a striped skirt, a turban and jewelry, her
body adorned with geometric tattoos, this
striking woman shoulders an offering vessel.
One of a pair, she was buried in an ancient tomb
in a gesture of mourning and respect. Her duty
was to convey the eternal sorrow of abstract. Yet
in her expression—powerful and immediate, we
can read tangible emotion. Though we know
little else about the culture that created her, we
share with them human emotions that time and
progress have done nothing to alter.
- (PF.1468)
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