Standing female figure ·  South America, Inca · ID: 3037345

Description

light wood, middle brown patina, flat armless body, a proportionally large head with projecting nose, eyes and mouth marked by incisions, minor missing parts, traces of old age and weathering, base;
the accentuated sexual characteristics shall refer to the renewable forces of the big mother, the goddess of earth. The figurines often were clothed and their faces painted in red; the colour red is regarded as colour of life.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3037345 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 75 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Publications

Hoffmann, Ulrich (Hg.), Frauen des alten Amerika in Kult und Alltag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 103 (131)