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Anthropomorphic Figure
Culture La Tolita350 B.C. - 350
Museo Casa del Alabado
Quito, Ecuador
Seated on stools, two La Tolita personages consume lime that releases the alkaloids from the wad of coca visible in their cheeks. The Sahaman may engage in spiritual communication alone or in family and community contexts like this one.
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Details
- Title: Anthropomorphic Figure
- Creator: Culture La Tolita
- Creator Lifespan: -350 - 350
- Creator Nationality: Ecuador
- Creator Death Place: Esmeraldas. Ecuadorian North Coast
- Creator Birth Place: Esmeraldas. Ecuadorian North Coast
- Date: 350 B.C. - 350
- Provenance: Ecuadorian North Coast, Ecuadorian North Coast
- Physical Dimensions: w12.4 x h9.8 cm
- Culture: La Tolita
- Type: Pottery
- Rights: Museo Casa del Alabado. Inventoried by National Institute of Cultural Heritage of Ecuador (INPC), Museo Casa del Alabado
- External Link: http://alabado.org/
- Medium: Clay
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