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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A large, beautifully burnished, and well-modeled redware terracotta female, standing squarely upon sizeable feet and holding a long walking stick in her right hand. The figure presents a characteristically wide torso with nubbin breasts positioned close to her armpits; she wears a skirt, a beaded necklace comprised of painted round beads flanking a large, central, applied pendant and a headband; what’s more, her pierced ears suggest that she once also wore dangling ear ornaments. She gazes forward with applied/pierced spherical eyes, a pronounced nose, and partially parted lips as if about to speak or sing. In addition, the pantomime-like gesture of her left hand and those enormous feet are endearing features that inspired early 20th century Mexican modernists like Diego Rivera who collected Pre-Columbian art. Size: 16.625″ H (42.2 cm)
Condition: Arms repaired. Legs and possibly section of walking stick repaired. Perforation atop head, perhaps to ensure successful firing or for attaching ornament/headress. Nicks to area of front hemline of skirt with a radiating fissure. Lovely deep red burnished surface, strong mineral deposits and root marks.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA, acquired 1970s
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