The profound mysteries and hidden secrets of
the mother Goddess is given potent expression
in this ceramic figurine, created by the Valdivian
culture of Ancient Ecuador. A poetic symbol of
fertility, harmony and the continuity of life, this
seated female figure reaches across the wide
expanse of time and space, communicating the
most universal of
mankind's needs and desires. With
foreshortened arms and legs our attention is
focused not on her limbs but rather on her
womanliness, given full expression through
ample breasts and fully rounded stomach. As
she focuses her attention upon us, we are at
once compelled to see in her open eyes the
oneness of nature, to hear from her parted lips
the nurturing words of the great mother, the
source of all life.
- (PF.2648)
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