Description:

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 9th to 4th century BCE. An abstract ceramic bowl with an irregular ovoid form and deep rim. The exterior of the body is formed to look like an armadillo curled around itself. Two rounded projections protrude from the ovoid form of the bowl: one the armadillo's head, with a long line for a snout and two round, raised eyes on either side of it, and the other the legs and feet of the animal. Between them is a slightly convex section with incised lines designed to look like the armadillo's shell. Size: 6.6" L x 7.4" W x 3.5" H (16.8 cm x 18.8 cm x 8.9 cm)

Armadillos are fascinating animals, often thought of in New World mythology as an "anomalous animal" because of its mammalian form with shell. Its prodigious digging abilities led to it being associated with agriculture and the subterranean world, linked with the burial of the dead. South American myths describe armadillos being asked to help dig graves.

Provenance: private Pearson collection, Denver, Colorado, USA; ex private Danish collection, acquired in the early 1970s, collection #1220

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  • Condition: Repaired from multiple pieces, with repaired lines restored. These repairs are well done and difficult to see. Light encurstation on surface.

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