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Learn MorePre-Columbian Chupicuaro Figure
- This petite figurine is exemplary of the ceramic tradition of the Chupicuaro culture
- With her elaborate coiffure and ear plugs, she represents a fertility goddess or young woman
- Such pieces were a highly important symbol for the region
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One of the oldest in Mesoamerica, the Chupícuaro ceramic tradition includes figurines of diminutive ladies as well as vessels in a great variety of shapes, including unusual forms such as the stirrup-spout. Chupicuaro's influence in the Valley of México is evidenced by large amounts of petite and highly adorned figurines as well as numerous polychrome vessels.
500 BC - 300 AD
2" wide x 4" high
Period: | Ancient |
Type: | Antiquities |
Depth: | 2.0 in. (5.08 cm) |
Width: | 2.0 in. (5.08 cm) |
Height: | 4.0 in. (10.16 cm) |
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