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Chupicuaro Art : Chupicuaro Sculpture of a Standing Woman
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Chupicuaro Sculpture of a Standing Woman - PF.1967
Origin: Chupicuaro, Mexico
Circa: 350
BC
to 250
BC
Dimensions:
4.375" (11.1cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Chupicuaro
Medium: Terracotta
£6,000.00
Location: UAE
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The remains of a once vibrant culture are now
submerged under a lake. Fortunately,
excavations in the 1940's on the site were able
to uncover sufficient artifacts to give us an
intriguing picture of people who lived there
centuries ago. Chupicuaro was the elaborate
burial ground of a village above the Lerma River
in the state of Guanajuato, eighty miles
northwest of the Valley of Mexico. The abundant
offerings of pottery, jade, and figurines
discovered there attest to a flourishing artistic
culture. One of the most endearing types of the
clay objects is the small female figures, or 'pretty
ladies'. They typically show a naked female with
short arms, extended stomach and a fancy
coiffure or headdress.
Wearing only some jewelry and an elaborate
headdress, this lovely woman appears before us
naked and unblusing. Here and there, traces of
bright red paint suggest her colorful past. The
epitome of feminine beauty, this charming figure
seems to belong to an ancient tradition of fertility
and abundance. Does she represent a real
woman, perhaps the wife of concubine of the
chieftain in whose tomb she was buried? Or is
she a Goddess, offering the promise of eternal
rebirth? Her mystery is part of her charm. She
reminds us that the progress of civilization
changes few of life's fundamentals.
- (PF.1967)
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