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Mezcala Stone Standing Figure - PF.1039,Origin: Western Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 9" (22.9cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Mezcala,Medium: Stone. This powerfully abstract figure raises his hands to his chest in an attitude of perpetual prayer. Long ago, some individual otherwise unknown offered this as a gift to his gods in return for their favor. No one remembers those gods today, the culture and the people have vanished. And yet, through this small figure we feel a direct bond of human communication, as if the personality of that ancient life had been transferred to the stone.
Antiquities
Ancient Central America & Mexico
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