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Anthropomorphic Figurine

Culture Jama-Coaque500 B.C. - 1530

Museo Casa del Alabado

Museo Casa del Alabado
Quito, Ecuador

Although few effigies of trophy heads are known in the corpus of Jama-Coaque-style ceramics, some images of shrunken heads (called Tzanzas), or masks that represent them, adorn the clothing depicted on some ceramic figures.

Details

  • Title: Anthropomorphic Figurine
  • 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: w16.2 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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