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Anthropomorphic Figure
Culture La Tolita350 B.C. - 350
Museo Casa del Alabado
Quito, Ecuador
The cross, a ubiquitous symbol in Amerindian art, arises from the conjunction of the four cardinal points.This great La Tolita lord bears on his head a representation of the sacred spiritual centre, a circle with the centre point indicated.
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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: w32.6 x h13.8 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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