Description:

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca / Quimbaya culture, ca. 11th to 12th century CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery nude male slab figure with thick arms and legs, a planar body with a flat base, a deeply incised neckline, and a rectangular head bearing a prominent nose and slit-form eyes and lips. Several perforations line the upper chest and back, forehead, and top of the head, perhaps for additional ornamentation, and remains of white pigment are visible across the face. Slab figures like this example were placed with burial offerings in shaft and chamber tombs, perhaps as guardians or companions for the deceased. Size: 6" W x 6.7" H (15.2 cm x 17 cm)

Provenance: private Frederick, Maryland, USA collection; ex-S. Booher collection, Maryland, USA, purchased in Bogata in 1996

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#172869

  • Condition: Loss to phallus as shown. Abrasions and nicks to body, limbs, and head, with chipping to white pigment on face, and earthen deposits in scattered areas, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to overall form.

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