Pre-Columbian Torso Fragment of Fertility Figurine

Pre-Columbian Torso Fragment of Fertility Figurine, Archaic Period, ca. 200 BC. Torso fragment of fertility figurine found near Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico. Around 200 BC, during the Late Preclassic (Formative) period, Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacán, Mexico, was inhabited by decentralized, village-based farming and fishing societies. Figures like this depict a pregnant woman and were planted with the seed corn as a votive offering to the Goddess of Agriculture. Ex ELB Gallery, New Orleans. L. 3" X W. 1 1/3" (7.6 cm x 3.4 cm)..