Michoacan Sculpture of a Standing Man, 300 BCE - 300 CE
Terracotta
2.5 x 5
PF.0825
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Slender and elegant, with a fashionable coiffure, this little figure represents a young aristocrat of ancient Mexico. Centuries ago, an individual perhaps not unlike this placed this clay image in...
Slender and elegant, with a fashionable coiffure, this little figure represents a young aristocrat of ancient Mexico. Centuries ago, an individual perhaps not unlike this placed this clay image in a tomb to keep company with the deceased. All other clues to that ancient life have vanished, yet this charming effigy evokes a living human presence. Holding it in our hands, we communicate directly with the people who held it so long ago.