Chupicuaro Sculpture of a Standing Woman - PF.0626,Origin: Chupicuaro, Mexico,Circa: 350 BC to 250 BC,Dimensions: 3.5" (8.9cm) high x 1.875" (4.8cm) wide,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Chupicuaro,Medium: Terracotta. This woman is simply attired in a loincloth and necklace. About her shoulders are signs of ritual scarification. Very likely, the person who placed her in an ancient tomb to keep eternal vigil with the dead was a woman not unlike this.
Antiquities Ancient Central America & Mexico
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