Standing Male Figure, 500 CE - 1000 CE
Terracotta
11
PF.3854
Created out of warm earthen colors, this beautiful figure stands tall and alert before us. His pose is rigid with large, wide hips, almost like that of a woman. The...
Created out of warm earthen colors, this beautiful figure stands tall and alert before us. His pose is rigid with large, wide hips, almost like that of a woman. The design of the decoration is geometric with the suggestion that he is wearing clothes. The holes that can be found around the body were possibly connected to a ritual activity of some sort. The face is simple yet seems to have a fierceness about it, with wide almond shaped eyes a straight, aquiline nose, and a grinning mouth. The face is covered with horizontal lines but there is no apparent jewelry, only body painting. This magnificent piece has been able to transcend time and capture a brief moment in history which time has forgotten.