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Mezcala Art : Mezcala Stone Standing Figure
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Mezcala Stone Standing Figure - PF.5430
Origin: Guerrero, Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
6.5" (16.5cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Stone
Additional Information: SOLD
$6,000.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
This sculpture exudes a force of the
ages. It has
witnessed the passage of seasons and the
passage of civilizations. Today it
stands as the
reminder of a forgotten era. However,
superstition still pervades our modern
society
and our understanding of the universe
and
science still cannot provide the answers
we long
for. God is still the great unknown, be
it
scientific or religious. God will
always exist at
the limits of our understanding. Like a
miniature
Easter Island idol, this stone figure
stands with
open legs, folded arms, and protruding
jaw and
forehead. The actual contours of the
statue echo
the form of a phallus. Most likely,
this statue
would have been used as a pestle to
grind up
corn or wheat. Thus as the women of the
tribe
prepared the food, they would have held
in their
hands the symbol of male fertility,
linking the
immediate survival of the community
through
food with the procreation of the species
through
copulation. All at the same time
invoking the
favors of the gods. The power present
in this
statue is a real today as it was in
ancient times.
The basic essentials of life never
change. This
image of fertility, of nourishment, of
the divine,
is as relevant to our reality as it was
to those who
carved it.
- (PF.5430)
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