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Anthropomorphic Figure
Culture Jama-Coaque500 B.C. - 1530
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.
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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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