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Ameca-Ezatlán Style : Ameca-Ezatlán Style Jalisco Terracotta Sculpture of a Kneeling Woman
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Ameca-Ezatlán Style Jalisco Terracotta Sculpture of a Kneeling Woman - PF.1896
Origin: Jalisco, Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
9.5" (24.1cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Ameca-Ezatlán
Medium: Terracotta
Location: UAE
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Centuries ago, this charming figure was probably
left as a tomb offering by a living woman not
unlike her. She wears a skirt, headdress,
earrings, and body paint which no doubt reflect
the fashions of her time. She was meant to
express for all eternity the sorrow the living
woman felt for the deceased. Yet on the most
primal level, she also offers a message of hope
for the renewal and continuity of life. Her
voluptuous beauty places her in a tradition of
female fertility figures that stretches back to the
dawn of time. Her optimistic message has merit,
for centuries later we realize that the essentials
of human existence have changed little.
- (PF.1896)
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