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Ameca-Ezatlán Style Jalisco Terracotta Sculpture of a Hunchback - PF.3193
Origin: Jalisco, Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
8.75" (22.2cm) high
x 7.25" (18.4cm) wide
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Ameca-Ezatlán
Medium: Terracotta
Location: UAE
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Ameca-Ezatlán is a fine quality ware as seen in
this magnificent sculpture of the notorious
Mesoamerican hunchback. It is well polished and
lustrous, and reveals a cream or light brown slip.
The nose is long and thin, the mouth is wide and
smiling, and the large eyes are made with
applied pieces of clay. The powerful shape of the
back emphasizes the voluptuous form of the
well-proportioned body. He is caught in action
with offerings held in both hands aided by the
support of his back and shoulders. One offering
is a bowl, which may have held provisions at one
time, while the other is some form of a gourd
with a hole in the center. Hunchbacks were
revered as shamans with special healing and
supernatural powers in Mesoamerica. Here, he is
most probably depicted as the bearer of
offerings to any number of the ancient deities
that were worshipped. Perceived as having the
power to appease the deities, this hunchback
was the center of attention in the community
where he once lived, and now becomes an
eternal center of attention of our innumerable
conversations and bewilderment of his bizarre,
yet captivating beauty.
- (PF.3193)
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