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Anthropomorphic San Augustin Sculpture
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Anthropomorphic San Augustin Sculpture

This stone figure from Huila (1st–9th cc.) reduces the human body to a cylindrical torso with a flat face, round eyes, and simplified arms. The stylization reflects the San Agustín culture’s preference for abstracted, enduring forms in stone. Such figures likely evoked spiritual authority or ancestral presence within funerary and ceremonial settings.
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