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Female Effigy Figure ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Female Effigy Figure |
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English: Andean civilization is renowned for spectacular textiles that were at the heart of social politics and economics from earliest times. The fiber arts permeated all facets of daily existence, from clothing to protect the body to bridges spanning treacherous gorges. The form, materials, quality, and decorative imagery on clothing conveyed a person's social status or political affiliation and even recounted his or her specific accomplishments on behalf of the state. This female figure originally was dressed in clothing appropriate to her meaning as an offering- perhaps a building dedication cache or ritual deposit at a huaca, a sacred location where divine forces are concentrated. Coastal Andean peoples were keen observers of the vast ocean world. The Nasca, in particular, relied heavily on marine resources for food and materials for a variety of uses, such as the whale tooth from which this captivating lady was carved. The salty ocean and its unusual creatures constituted a dyadic opposition to the earth with its fresh waters. The carving of a ritual figurine from the tooth of a gigantic marine creature certainly carried extra spiritual significance. |
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Date | 200 BC-AD 500 (Early Intermediate) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | sperm whale tooth, shell, hair | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 7.6 cm (3 in); width: 2.7 cm (1 in); depth: 2.3 cm (0.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,7.62U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,2.7U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,2.38U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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2009.20.7 |
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Place of creation | South Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Credit line | Gift of John Bourne, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Author | Walters Art Museum (Baltimore/Maryland/USA) |
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Identifier | R.2010.3360 |