Zemanek-Münster

Standing female figure

Amérique du Sud, Inca
Vendu 450 €
Provenance
Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany
Taille
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Description

wood, mat middle brown patina, missing parts (both arms, area of cheeks and chin, right heel), coated with cracks, rep. (breakage right foot/leg), traces of weathering, base;
anthropomorphic wooden figurines represent idols, while their meaning as burial object is unclear. Supposable is a function as grave guardian, in place of a female relative for example or as wearer of sacrificial textiles of ritual importance.


Publications

Hoffmann, Ulrich (Hg.), Frauen des alten Amerika in Kult und Alltag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 101 (128)

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