Mayan Sculpture Of A Standing Woman, 300 CE - 600 CE
Terracotta
7
PF.0716
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Wearing a short skirt with a long trailing sash at the back, this wide-hipped woman holds her rounded stomach and looks upward, as if asking a favor of the gods....
Wearing a short skirt with a long trailing sash at the back, this wide-hipped woman holds her rounded stomach and looks upward, as if asking a favor of the gods. We know that her request has to do with fertility and childbearing. After all these centuries, any modern woman would still want the same things--safe and healthy delivery, a happy life for her child.