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Rare Mezcala Stone Female Votive - Stylized Vulva

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Rare Mezcala Stone Female Votive - Stylized Vulva

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Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A rare votive item, hand-carved and highly polished from a mottled brown stone into a stylized vulva effigy. The stone is domed with a flat bottom that has a shallow and smooth groove down the center. Objects like this example may have been created for an individual or family as a talisman of fertility, likely kept inside the home. The stone is surprisingly silky smooth and a rare example of this type! Size: 2.6" L x 1.5" W (6.6 cm x 3.8 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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Condition

Highly polished surface and lustrous. Minor nicks to tapered tips. Intact and very good!

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Rare Mezcala Stone Female Votive - Stylized Vulva

Name: Rare Mezcala Stone Female Votive - Stylized Vulva
SKU: 117013307
Price: 225 USD
Availability: InStock

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