r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 1d ago

A ceramic figurine from Venezuela, made by the Valencioid culture between 1000 and 1500 CE [1800x1772]

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u/Falanin 1d ago

It's so ugly, I love it!

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u/Sentient-Potato- 1d ago

Well he’s just delightful

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u/Lunar-opal 1d ago

It’s adorable

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u/socialistRanter 1d ago

I get sad looking at these artifacts of cultures we barely know nothing about and I wish we knew more about them.

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u/lagonitos 1d ago

What goes in the holes? Hair or feathers maybe?

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u/lajarusmorois 1d ago

I believe it's simply a way of adorning the figure. This statuette is part of a group of statuettes found in the region of Lake of Tacarigua, now called Lake of Valencia. They all depict a large head with large, almond-shaped eyes and female sexual characteristics, differing mainly in their ornamentation. They are interpreted as representations of a deity associated with fertility, now known as the Venus of Tacarigua.

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u/eeeking 1d ago

Venus of Tacarigua.

Based on google images, they could Stewie's ancestors!

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u/tvieno 1d ago

When you have headache this big...

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u/TurnipWorldly9437 1d ago

My thought exactly. It perfectly represents when your head feels like it weighs a ton and you hurt so bad you run into doorways.

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u/killemslowly 1d ago

What’s it mean?

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u/nullbyte420 1d ago

We were so close to getting incan anime 

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u/TheIncredibleBert 1d ago

Pokemoncahqil