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Michoacan Sculpture of a Standing Man - PF.0825,Origin: Michoacan, Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 5" (12.7cm) high x 2.5" (6.4cm) wide,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Michoacan,Medium: Terracotta. 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.
Antiquities
Ancient Central America & Mexico
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