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Pre-Columbian Fertility Mother Goddess, Tlatilco

Mexico Valley,
XIII-Xth century BC.
Terracotta with remains of paintings.
13.5 x 6.5 cm
This very beautiful statuette bears in a remarkable way tattoos painted all over her naked body with a red ocher paint, symbol of life, which has stood the test of time.
She opens wide, short, fin-shaped arms to her worshipers and wears a very elaborate hairstyle above coffee-bean-shaped eyes (heralds of the CHUPICUARO culture) that outline a very pure face seen in profile.
Traces of fire.
Comes from an auction in the USA.
Sold with certificate of authenticity.

Iconography:
"Pre-Columbian art. »José ALCINA. Lucien Mazenod art ed. Paris 1978 page 372 n ° 191
Ref: https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/436215913882441846/
https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/436215913892369601/ (Similar statuette sold at Sotheby's)
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