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Duality Figure

Date

300-500 CE

Creator

Unrecorded Remojadas artist

Unrecorded Veracruz artist

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

The left side indeed displays Mesoamerican fertility symbols that identify the Great Goddess, such as birds and their eggs, a large left breast, and a woman’s flanged skirt. The right arm and breast exhibit male ritual scarification, but there are no direct references to the Old Fire God. Other distinctions between the two sides are clearly made: the iris of the right eye is unpainted and the right chest has a ruddy flesh tone, whereas the left iris is painted white and the left chest is cream color. The exact function of Classic period (A.D. 200–900) monumental ceramic figures from central Veracruz remains in doubt because so few have been excavated in situ by archaeologists. from Snite Museum of Art, Selected Works: Snite Museum of Art (Notre Dame, 2005)

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The left side indeed displays Mesoamerican fertility symbols that identify the Great Goddess, such as birds and their eggs, a large left breast, and a woman’s flanged skirt. The right arm and breast exhibit male ritual scarification, but there are no direct references to the Old Fire God. Other distinctions between the two sides are clearly made: the iris of the right eye is unpainted and the right chest has a ruddy flesh tone, whereas the left iris is painted white and the left chest is cream color. The exact function of Classic period (A.D. 200–900) monumental ceramic figures from central Veracruz remains in doubt because so few have been excavated in situ by archaeologists. from Snite Museum of Art, Selected Works: Snite Museum of Art (Notre Dame, 2005)
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Formerly attributed to Unrecorded Remojadas artistUnrecorded Veracruz artist
300-500 CE
Figurines
Slipped ceramic and black resin
1982.092
figurines
Remojadas
Raclin Murphy Museum: 205
funerary figure
27 1/4 x 15 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (69.22 x 39.05 x 19.05 cm)
Gift of Gary E., ND '70 and Judy Doran

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