Mexico Aztec Sculpture Goddess Cihuateotl Art 2 1/2' height X 1 1/2' diameter

Description

Offer for Auction and/ or Buy It Now is a sculpture of the Aztec Goddess Cihuateotl
This Terracota-limestone sculpture is 29 inches tall (approximately 2 1/2 feet) with a diameter of 20 inches or slightly over  1 1/2 foot), and weighs (and I'm guessing) approximately 300 lbs. It is a replica of one in the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. Sculpted by the late artist Wilbert Gonzalez, who was honored by a succession of Mexican Presidents. More information is available upon request. You may also want to see my listing on the Mayan Temple of the Sun.
This is an ideal majestic piece for:
1. A Private home collection.
2. A Mexican Hotel or Restaurant decor, interior or exterior.
3. The office of a professional, physician, lawyer or architect, especially an Obstetrician or Gynecologist.
This is not a concrete sculpture casted from a mold, but a sculpted piece carved from a bloc of limestone presumably coated with terra-cotta by a premier Mexican artist, now deceased.
The piece is extremely heavy and is sold with local pick up only, requiring professionals for moving it to be arranged by buyer with the cooperation of seller before committing to buy. Thank you!
History
Cihuateotl  (or Cihuateteo)
were the goddesses of childbirth in the Aztec pantheon. These deities represented the spirits of  women who
died in childbirth as expressed in the nahuatl language of the Aztecs.
Women who died in childbirth, like warriors fallen in battle, were honored by the Aztecs and went to the Aztec paradise. Only sacrificed victims to the gods held a higher honor place.The physical remains of such women were thought to strengthen soldiers in battle while their spirits became the much-feared Cihuateteo who accompanied the setting sun in the west. "They also haunted crossroads at night, stealing children and causing sicknesses, especially seizures and madness, and seducing men to sexual misbehavior." The Cihuateotl were envoys of Mictlan, the world of the dead and were considered assistants to the mood goddess, Coyolxauhqui; to Texcatlipoca, the god of night and strife; and to Tlazolteotl, the goddess of midwives and filth-eater (the goddess eat the filth or sins of the penitent at confession at death bed).