Chinesco Style (Type C) Nayarit Terracotta Sculpture of a Standing Mother with Child, 300 BCE - 300 CE
Terracotta
3.25 x 8
PF.0228
A sculpture like this speaks a universal language of tenderness, no matter how many centuries may have passed, we are still moved by the image of maternity which is surely...
A sculpture like this speaks a universal language of tenderness, no matter how many centuries may have passed, we are still moved by the image of maternity which is surely one of the oldest known to mankind. In the context of the ancient mesoamerican tombs, such a figure would speak eloquently of the continuity of life.
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