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Nayarit Sculpture of a Seated Woman - PF.0849
Origin: Western Mexico
Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD
Dimensions: 17.5" (44.5cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Nayarit
Medium: Terracotta


Location: United States
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Our gaze is immediately focused by the intense expression on this woman's face: A look which seems drawn from the dark reaches of the soul. It is only afterwards that we recognize she is in labor, about to give birth. The presence of such a figure in a tomb would have served as a reminder that birth - like death - is both a painful and mysterious process. An act of transition between one world and the next. Such a piece was surely meant to renew hope in the midst of grief. - (PF.0849)
 

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