San Juanito Style Jalisco Terracotta Sculpture of a Kneeling Woman, 300 BCE - 300 CE
Terracotta
5.5 x 9.25
PF.1000
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This buxom Jalisco beauty with her dramatic headdress and artistocratic nose reminds us that even in the rituals surrounding death there is the promise of fertility and renewal. Such figures...
This buxom Jalisco beauty with her dramatic headdress and artistocratic nose reminds us that even in the rituals surrounding death there is the promise of fertility and renewal. Such figures offer the hope for continued life and even thousands of years later she seems alive and vital.