Description:

Pre-Columbian, El Salvador and Honduras, Maya Territories, Proto-Maya, Pre-Classic period, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A lovely pottery figure of a female depicted standing atop bulbous legs with tapered feet. Her attenuated arms bend at the elbows to rest on her stomach, just above her wide hips which are covered by a loin cloth. Her ancient visage gazes skyward exhibiting slender eyes, a round nose, and a slightly open mouth, all flanked by a pair of pierced ears. The wide hips are indicative of fertility and child birth and this was certainly an offering to the gods. Size: 8" H (20.3 cm)

Provenance: private Healy collection, Studio City, California, USA, acquired 1995-2015

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#166549

  • Condition: Loss to proper left foot, featured smoothed with age.

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