Chupícuaro Figurine

0 B.C. – 200 A.D.

In the border of the states of Michoacán and Guanajuato lays the town where this culture flourished for a short period of time, leaving a unique legacy of pottery production with an unmistakable style.  Three-dimensional ceramics were produced both solid as well as hollow, even though solid ones are believed to precede hollow techniques.  This piece is of excellent finish and predominantly feminine figure of variable sizes of erect body and with somewhat voluptuous hips, arms to the side and richly painted in red, black and beige simulating attires of variable geometric patterns.  The patterns that are repeated in the face as tattoos are unique in the Mexican territory and possibly identify them as a nation in their textiles.