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Anthropomorphic Figurine

Culture Carchi750 - 1550

Museo Casa del Alabado

Museo Casa del Alabado
Quito, Ecuador

This effigy celebrates the female role in the continuation of life: likewise, shamans contact sipirits in other worlds in order to achieve the same goal.

Details

  • Title: Anthropomorphic Figurine
  • Creator: Culture Carchi
  • Creator Lifespan: 750 - 1550
  • Creator Nationality: Ecuador
  • Creator Death Place: Carchi Province. Ecuadorian Northern Highlands
  • Creator Birth Place: Carchi Province. Ecuadorian Northern Highlands
  • Date: 750 - 1550
  • Provenance: Ecuadorian Northern Highlands, Ecuadorian Northern Highlands
  • Physical Dimensions: w26.5 x h13.1 cm
  • Culture: Carchi
  • 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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