Ancient Pre Columbian Terracotta Female Figurine Torso Fertility Idol Artifact
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An authentic ancient Pre-Columbian hand-modeled terracotta female fertility figurine torso and head fragment, displaying classic stylistic traits of the Mesoamerican Pre-Classic / Formative Period (such as the Chupícuaro or Western Mexican shaft tomb cultural traditions). Rendered in coarse earthenware with applied and incised details, featuring small conical applied breasts, an open V-shaped ornamental pectoral necklace or collar, and a heavily coiffed lobed headdress framing an expressive upturned face with gouged or slit facial features. Faint traces of original red cinnabar or ochre slip remain in the recesses. In honest excavated condition as a broken fragment from a full-bodied effigy, with authentic earthen patination, heavy mineral deposits, soft erosion, and aged stable fracture points across the arms and waist.