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San Sebastián Style Nayarit Terracotta Sculpture of a Woman Carrying a Vessel - PF.3219
Origin: Nayarit, Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
17" (43.2cm) high
x 7" (17.8cm) wide
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
$5,600.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
This beautiful terracotta sculpture seems to be
an image of a voluptuous young woman right out
of a daily life scene in ancient Nayarit. Wearing a
skirt and long, luscious hair falling onto her
chest in two locks, her femininity is beautifully
accentuated. She holds her hair with one hand
and a small jar on her left shoulder with the
other hand. The wide-eyes on her young face is
refreshing, and her feminine beauty shown by
her large breasts, hips, and thighs--the signs of
fertility and birth--makes the figure seem like a
young mother goddess. The idea of fertility was
extremely important in Ancient Mesoamerica.
Producing life was like magic, and people even
considered death as re-birth, believing in life
after death. Found in a shaft-tomb, this lovely
sculpture of a woman perhaps symbolized youth
and re-birth for the deceased's after-life. Or
perhaps such marvelous figure was a part of
ritual wishing for fertility and prosperity, for
humans as well as nature upon which ancient
Mesoamericans depended on. The smooth
surface and the graceful curves of the sculpture
soothe the eye of its viewers. And as we look
into this gentle figure filled with rich symbolism,
we feel as if our spirits are drawn into this
graceful sculpture.
- (PF.3219)
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