Mochica - from Peru / Boliva
(from: Gods of the Cataclysm by Hugh Fox, page 79)
(from: Gods of the Cataclysm by Hugh Fox, page 79)
"East India"
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southwestern New Mexico, Mogollon culture, Mimbres people
c. 1000-1150 AD
Dallas Museum of Art
http://www.davidrumsey.com/Amico/amico986811-41737.html
Cylinder-seal impression from Ur
showing a squatting female.
L. Legrain, 1936, Ur excavations, Vol. 3,
Archaic Seal Impressions.
From: http://sarasvati97.spaces.live.com/
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"Northwest Coast of North America"
(from: Where the Spirits Ride the Wind
by Felicitas D. Goodman, page 62)
Congo (Luba)
From: Interprétation des statuettes de type Baubo par Tobie Nathan
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Shaman figure cast on a ceremonial bronze drum, rubbing,
c. 12th century bce, Shang dynasty;
in the Sumitomo Collection, Sen-Oku Hakuko-kan,
Kyōto, Japan.
From: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1495894/Chinese-bronzes/283162/The-Shang-dynasty-c-1600-1046-bce
The Shang bronzes found in China
have many creatures (human? animal?) shown in the
splayed-leg position.
http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh97/masterpiece/index2_en.html
Larger image at: http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh97/masterpiece/html/e_06.html
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Dyak baby carrier, Borneo
There are many more examples in tribal Oceanic art.
Bronze Age motifs in New Guinea art include:
a) Squatting posture, elbows on knees, hands on face
i.e. Asmat.
b) Splayed leg female
c) female touching breasts
d) female touching vulva
"A woman carrying her baby "Dayak" style. Beaded Baby Carriers are symbols of status among Dayak Tribes."
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