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Earrings
Culture Cerro Narrío350 B.C. - 200 AD
Museo Casa del Alabado
Quito, Ecuador
Figures called ucuyaya which means "grandparents" or "ancestors" in teh Quichua language. Piercing eyes and creative hands represent the creativity of these spirits, and the headdresses and earrings are characteristic of Precolumbian ancestor images.
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Details
- Title: Earrings
- Creator: Culture Cerro Narrío
- Creator Lifespan: -350 - 200
- Creator Nationality: Ecuador
- Creator Death Place: Cañar Province. Ecuadorian South Central Highlands.
- Creator Birth Place: Cañar Province. Ecuadorian South Central Highlands.
- Date: 350 B.C. - 200 AD
- Provenance: Ecuadorian South Central Highlands, Ecuadorian South Central Highlands, Museo Casa del Alabado. Inventoried by National Institute of Cultural Heritage of Ecuador (INPC)
- Physical Dimensions: h3 cm
- Culture: Cerro Narrío
- Type: Carving
- Rights: Museo Casa del Alabado
- External Link: http://alabado.org/
- Medium: Shell
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