Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz), Remojadas, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A fabulous hand-built terracotta woman figure with a baby. She stands with stubby arms outstretched at her sides, and incised lines indicating fingers. This motherly figure holds her baby in a sling at her left side, with the strap across her right shoulder. Her visage consists of narrow slit eyes, a protruding nose with an ornament through the septum, and a jutting chin with a labret. She is nude from the waist up and wears an elaborate headdress and a necklace around her neck. Black bitumen pigments accentuated her face, strap, and thighs. A fine example of a maternity figure! Size: 3.75" W x 6.75" H (9.5 cm x 17.1 cm); 7.125" H (18.1 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Walter Feldman collection, 1925-2017

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#161336

Repaired with neck reattached and visible break line across back of neck and restoration to front of neck. Restoration on right top of headdress. Lower left of strap above baby is restored. Good traces of black pigments.