Description:

Pre-Columbian, Colombia and Ecuador, La Tolita (sometimes Tumaco) culture, ca. 350 BCE to 350 CE. A hand-built pottery grater (known as a rollador) of an abstract fish form. The elongated ovoid body tapers to a narrow point on either end, with the central body delineated with a shallow striation and filled with pointed stone fragments, and traces of beige and red pigment visible around the peripheries. Grater plates like this example were used to grate the scales off fish prior to cooking, and the wide surface meant that even large fish could be quickly descaled. Size: 11" L x 3.75" W (27.9 cm x 9.5 cm); 6.2" H (15.7 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private T. Misenhimer collection, Beverly Hills, California, USA, collected from the 1970s to 2008

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#152632

  • Condition: Repair to one side of plate, with resurfacing, overpainting, and losses to some inset stone grater points along break line. Minor abrasions and nicks to grater face, peripheries, and verso, with fading and areas of fire-darkening to original pigment, and light encrustations. Light earthen deposits throughout, and stone grater points are still sharp.

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