This androgynous character squats dutifully
before us as if prepared and resigned to carry
out the tasks of the day. The hands rest on the
knees while the face looks directly out as if
thinking quietly. Perhaps this is due to the heavy
burden that the person carries on his back. The
design on the vessel is elaborate in polychrome
geometric designs that include the vessel in the
back. The two legs support the whole work and a
third at the back, which has the image of a small
animal, painted on it. There is no jewelry
present, but the holes that the artist added may
have once held earrings. As a whole, this vessel
is very expressive, which comes to life with its
decoration and its physical manner, trying to tell
us something, yet leaving the answer to our
imaginations and feelings.
- (PF.3770)
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