Description:

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, Formative Period, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery idol fragment of intriguing feminine form with a slender waistline, sizable breasts, and a tapered neckline. Her planar face features a pair of slit-form eyes and a slit-form mouth, and her lengthy, centrally-parted coiffure is incised with crosshatched striations indicative of hair. Size: 0.875" W x 1.9" H (2.2 cm x 4.8 cm); 2.2" H (5.6 cm) on included custom stand.

This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report is available to the buyer upon request.

Provenance: private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-John B. Kendrick II collection, Denver, Colorado, USA, acquired 1965 to 1990; John B. Kendrick II, son of John B. Kendrick, former Wyoming Governor and US Senator 1930s

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#172672

  • Condition: Fragment of a larger figure as shown. Minor abrasions, softening to some finer details as well as some incised decorations, and areas of light roughness in scattered areas. Nice preservation to overall form. TL drill hole beneath body.

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