Debra Smetana

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the two physical forms of these female effigies are intended to represent the same character or individual. Furthermore, this physical dualism is only a reflection of the life span of this female character (the stages of her life, so to speak), from the trim, upright physique of a young woman, through various intermediary stages, to the heavier morphology of an old woman, humpbacked not from disease but simply from advanced age
Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
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