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Pre-Columbian Michoacán Fragment // c. 200 BC Mexico

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Pre-Columbian. Michoacán, ancient Mexico. Archaic Period c. 200 BC. A fine ceramic female head from a figurine, of the classic "Double Eye" type. She is depicted with expressive features, wide eyes and mouth, and a large headdress. Old collection tag on back. This was a fertility-type figurine, found near Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico in the 1950s to early 1960s. Originally depicting a pregnant woman, these figures were planted with the seed corn as a votive offering to the goddess of agriculture. Figurine measures 1.875” high.

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  • Measurements
    1.875"L x 1.125"W x 0.625"H
  • OriginMexico

— Provenance: Ex. Lorenz Borenstein, New Orleans, collected in the 1950s. Mr. Borenstein ran a gallery in the French Quarter of New Orleans during this period.

Accompanied by its original certificate of authenticity, bearing a drawing of the fragment done by Borenstein in 1963!

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