Standing Female Figurine with Jar
Standing upright and supporting a small jar on her left shoulder is a large nude female figure. She has short, thick legs with large feet, and slender arms. The torso is barrel-shaped, with carefully detailed genitals, a raised, circular navel, and small, conical breasts. The head is large with a very broad face and a wide, grimacing mouth. The figure wears earspools and a cap that curves down the back of the head. The cap's surface is finely engraved with intricate banded patterns that include interlaces, zig-zags, and cross-hatched panels. Engraved on the front of the torso is an interlaced circle around the navel, from which radiates four interlace bands with elaborate terminations. Red slip covers most of the body, as well as the cap, forehead and facial features. Remarkably, the jar on the figure's shoulder is a miniature pigeon-breasted, hunchback effigy jar. --M. Young-Sanchez
- "Ancient Treasures of Costa Rica: Art and Archaeology of the Rich Coast." Denver Museum of Natural History, June 23, 1990-May 31, 1991.
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