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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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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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