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Basalt Standing Female - PF.4235
Origin: Costa Rica
Circa: 500
AD
to 1000
AD
Dimensions:
10.75" (27.3cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Basalt
$7,500.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
The idea of fertility amongst tribal and traditional
cultures is of high importance. The Costa Ricans
stressed this by depicting it in there arts.
Procreation was the key element on the minds of
young girls. To bear children meant you were
prosperous. This fertility goddess was offered
into the tomb of the deceased woman to insure
her fertility in the afterlife. Though the anatomy
is simple, musculature is shown with carving
along the chest area, right into the gray, volcanic
stone. This woman is standing with authority.
Her pose is strong and assured. She is holding
her breast in a sign of womanliness and
sexuality. Her face is looking straight ahead and
the eyes are forever staring into the future. Her
hair is represented by incisions into the basalt
rock in a realistic design brushed straight back.
She is a beautiful specimen of the austerity of
Costa Rican woman. As a whole, the statue
successfully permeates the grace and elegance of
women as a work of art.
- (PF.4235)
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