Goddess-Amazonian Mother KARAJA
Indian Culture
early twentieth century.
Terracotta and coal pigments.
H. 18 cm x 8 x 7.5
This figurine seems to represent a mother goddess of "traditional" fertility represented pregnant, with large thighs, huge buttocks, high breasts placed on a tattooed trunk and
devoid of arms.
Coming to stir trouble, the figurine is covered from head to toe with ritual paintings that have a magical protection function and sports beautiful jaguar teeth,
an animal symbolizing strength and power, blending its obvious feminine sensuality with its general shape which, seen from the front - and even more seen from behind or in profile, indicates a
powerful desire to portray male masculinity.
As a result, this statuette seems totally polysemic, mixing attributes of feminine representation with others, very masculine.
Unique and disturbing work, this statuette brings us back to a mythical universe that surpasses us and challenges our capacity for imagination.
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