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LOT 2230
Pre-Columbian Jama Coaque Ceramic Shaman Figure
100-500 A.D.
5 in. (234 grams, 12.6 cm high).
Modelled seated and wearing an elaborate headdress and hoop ear ornament, holding a coiled snake or other creature.
ProvenanceEx Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.
See Meggers, B., Ecuador, Thames and Hudson, 1966, pl.27, for a similar figure with large earrings.
FootnotesSee lot 2223 of this sale for a partner figure for this lot. The coastal people of the Jama Coaque, Ecuador, produced highly elaborate sculptures which show us heavily adorned figures who may represent shamans or dignitaries. This example with oversized earrings, complex headdress and ritual implements may represent a shaman conducting an important ceremony.
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