Description:

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque), ca. 500 CE. A hand-built pottery figure of a woman standing nude atop delineated legs. Her arms are extended down towards her hips while perky breasts are centered on her chest, and areas of yellow, red, and faded turquoise pigment are still visible across most areas. Her enlarged head bears raised eyes, a petite nose adorned with a septum ring, full lips, and ornamented ears, all beneath a large headdress with lengthy rabbit-ear lappets. Size: 5.375" W x 10.875" H (13.7 cm x 27.6 cm)

Provenance: private Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA collection, via descent from a Winnipeg, Canada collection, acquired in Ecuador circa the 1960s

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#175264

  • Condition: Repaired across midsection with new earthen material covering break lines. Fading to pigment commensurate with age, with abrasions and nicks in scattered areas, and light earthen deposits. Nice figural form!

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