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Mezcala Art : Mezcala Stone Standing Figure
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Mezcala Stone Standing Figure - PF.6369
Origin: Guerrero, Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
4.75" (12.1cm) high
x 1.875" (4.8cm) wide
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Stone
£4,000.00
Location: UAE
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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 comprehension of life and the
universe. Like a miniature idol from Easter
Island, this stone figure stands with open legs,
arms held to the sides, and protruding jaw and
forehead. If inverted, the figure transforms into
the head of a jaguar, the sacred beast of the
jungles of Mexico, much like shamans were
thought to transmogrify into wild animals. The
open legs become ears and the figure’s face
becomes the feline’s muzzle. Meanwhile, the
actual contours of the statue also 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 as real
today as it was in ancient times. The vital
components 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.6369)
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