Nazca Terracotta Sculpture of a Woman - PF.1332 Origin: Southern Coast of Peru Circa: 1
AD
to 500
AD Dimensions:3.375" (8.6cm) high Collection: Pre-Columbian Medium: Terracotta
Plumb and fertile, this Nazca woman symbolizes
human life in its most essential form. In spirit
she is sister to the stone-age Venuses of Europe
and the terracotta Astarte figures of the Near
East. Her function is older than memory, timeless
and eternal. We feel her primal power, gentle yet
all-encompasing. In the presence of such an
image we instinctively understand the bonds that
link all human life together.
- (PF.1332)