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Mezcala Art : Mezcala Stone Standing Figure
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Mezcala Stone Standing Figure - PF.2645
Origin: Guerrero, Mexico
Circa: 500
BC
to 400
AD
Dimensions:
5.25" (13.3cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Stone
$4,800.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
The people of Mezcala, a region in the central
potion of the Mexican state of Guerrero,
developed a unique art based on the cult of the
votive Celt, an axe used for hafting. Although
the Mezcala culture probably sprang from the
same roots as the Ancient Olmec, their relative
isolation in the Mountain valleys resulted in a
stone-centered artistic culture, which developed
and flourished independent of neighboring
influences. As evidenced in this striking Celt,
carved in the form of a male figure, their highly
stylized and abstract form of rendering resulted
in a powerful image, one that instantly evokes
spiritual magnetism and energy. The skilled
abstraction of form, which highlights and
accentuates only the essence of the figure, is
reminiscent of Ancient Cycladic art of 4000 years
ago, as well as early twentieth-century art, and
in fact served to inspire these early cubist and
abstract artists. To hold this ancient and spirited
stone figure, with its smooth, tactile surface, is
to reach across time and space and at once
capture the sensory spirit of the ancient culture
that created it.
- (PF.2645)
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