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Zooorphic Figurine
Culture Jama-Coaque500 B.C. - 1530
Museo Casa del Alabado
Quito, Ecuador
This monkey glides gracefully along a vine, executing amusing pirouettes, but the earrings and a pendant draw our attention to its cultural significance: the monkey figures in the ideology, myths and legends of the Jama-Coaque culture, and it is also a natural symbol of sexuality and therefore related to the continuity of life.
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Details
- Title: Zooorphic 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: w13.8 x h8.2 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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