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Anthropomorphic Figure

Culture Jama-Coaque500 B.C. - 1530

Museo Casa del Alabado

Museo Casa del Alabado
Quito, Ecuador

Shaman represented with a staff, symbol of authority, and dressed to participate in a ceremony. His muscular thighs are bound with colourful ornaments and an embossed golden cover protects his masculine organs. He also wears three strands of green stone beads, a necklace that suggests fertility, huge gold earrings that resemble fish, and a gilt diadem with projecting crustacean claws.

Details

  • Title: Anthropomorphic Figure
  • Creator: Culture Jama-Coaque
  • Creator Lifespan: -500 - 1530
  • Creator Nationality: Ecuador
  • Creator Death Place: Manabi, Esmeraldas and Santa Elena. Ecuadorian North Coast
  • Creator Birth Place: Manabi, Esmeraldas and Santa Elena. Ecuadorian North Coast
  • Date: 500 B.C. - 1530
  • Provenance: Ecuadorian North Coast, Ecuadorian North Coast
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.1 x h12.4 cm
  • Culture: Jama-Coaque
  • 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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