$12,000.00
Culture: Jama-Coaque
Region: Coastal Ecuador
Date/Origin: Circa 350 BC – AD 500
Type: Figure
Material: Ceramic
Dimensions: 13 in.
Description: Female Figures Wearing Woven Textiles and Elaborate Headgear are thought to Represent High-Ranking Women or Shaman. The Position of the Arms Spread out to the Sides is common as Well as the Addition of Postfire Pigments Especially Turquoise Blue. Classified as the Chone Type Figure, Mold-made Females Dressed in Straight Skirts in a Standing or Kneeling Posture, having D-shaped Eyes with the flat side downward a rectangular shaped mouth and a lower circular lip labret. The Necklace is a thick wide collar composed of many strands of small beads. Smaller multiple strings were worn as bracelets. The top of the head is swept back into a smooth turban headdress, with long flaps extending downward over the shoulders and behind the ears. The Jama Coaque and other coastal groups in Ecuador lived in large villages, and their economy was based on fishing and agriculture.
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