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Maize
Culture Carchi - Pasto750 - 1550
Museo Casa del Alabado
Quito, Ecuador
According to American Indian thought, the production of abundant crops or maize was associted with the elite who h access to land and were able to mobilize human labour to cultivate it. They generated surpluses that were used for the development of social, economic, political and religious power.
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- Title: Maize
- Creator: Culture Carchi - Pasto
- Creator Lifespan: 750 - 1550
- Creator Nationality: Ecuor
- Creator Death Place: Ecuor
- Creator Birth Place: Ecuor
- Date: 750 - 1550
- Provenance: Ecuorian northern Highlands. Province: Carchi, Ecuorian northern Highlands. Province: Carchi
- Physical Dimensions: w1,6 // 1,9 x h10,7 // 10,2 cm
- Culture: Carchi - Pasto
- Type: Metal work
- Rights: Museo Casa del Alabo. Inventoried by National Institute of Cultural Heritage of Ecuor (INPC), Museo Casa del Alabado
- External Link: http://alabo.org/
- Medium: Metal-Gold
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