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Anthropomorphous figure

Mid-Cauca (Quimbaya) - Late Period700/1600

Museo del Oro, Bogotá

Museo del Oro, Bogotá
Bogota, Colombia

A deliberate renunciation of naturalistic representation, characteristic of the last stages of pre-Hispanic Mid-Cauca (Quimbaya) ceramics, is illustrated in this female figure with trapezoidal head, no mouth and arms just hinted at by elongated lumps placed on the chest.

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  • Title: Anthropomorphous figure
  • Creator: Mid-Cauca (Quimbaya) - Late Period
  • Creator Lifespan: 700/1600
  • Creator Nationality: Colombia
  • Creator Death Place: Colombia
  • Creator Birth Place: Colombia
  • Date: 700/1600
  • Physical Dimensions: w235 x h360 mm
  • Type: Ceramic
  • External Link: People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia
  • Technique: Modeling in clay
  • Finding: Colombia, Caldas, Salamina
  • Accession number: C00540
Museo del Oro, Bogotá

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