prev - home - index - next Noteworthy in this figurine are its beautiful, flower-shaped earflares. Nudity, so common in these figurines, has led some authors to speculate about a possible association with fertility rites, while others have advanced the possibility that they were probably clad with miniature items of clothing. Female figurine with flower earflares Central Mexican Pre-Classic Middle Pre-Classic (800-400 B.C.) Tlatizapán, State of Morelos Clay with abundant yellow pigment 19.7 x 11 cm. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara |
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