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Female Figure 3rd century B.C. A.D. 4th century Chupicuaro This ceramic figurine features a stylized female, nude except

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Female Figure 3rd century B.C. A.D. 4th century Chupicuaro This ceramic figurine features a stylized female, nude except for a beaded necklace and rounded earflares, a nose ornament, arm ornaments, and an elaborate coiffure. Hand-modeled, figurines of this type are often female and come in a variety of styles displaying regional characteristics such as the coffee-bean eyes typical of figurines from Chupicuaro. Potters emphasized the faces and heads of these figures while often minimally indicating the bodies, yet it was important to gender the figurines as female by indicating the genitalia. Small ceramic figurines were made by most ancient peoples in Mesoamerica from as early as the second millennium B.C. to the time of the Aztec in the Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-198046

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IMAGO/piemags

Date

22 janv. 2022

Crédit

Photo12/Imago

Notre référence

MGO24A00_004

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

9,4Mo (187,6Ko) / 16,6cm x 14,3cm / 1957 x 1684 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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