Woman with face stoic

This beautiful piece of classic maya represents a woman with face stoic, dressed according to the custom of his time. The back of the figurine shows a back flat, with openings for a whistle in the right shoulder and the back.

His facial features exemplify the standards of idealized beauty maya. His forehead is high and flat, tilted slightly back. Has almond-shaped eyes, has eyelids thick eyebrows prominent, roman nose high and full lips parted gently.

See this statuette is a good exercise to think and rethink what are the beauty standards that we accept and what we have imposed. There are thousands of women with traits mayan and indigenous peoples in the whole of America and its beauty is valid, inspiring and care as much as any other.

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