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LOT 2223

Pre-Columbian Jama Coaque Ceramic Shaman Figure

100-500 A.D.

5 1/8 in. (250 grams, 13.1 cm high).

Modelled seated, wearing an elaborated headdress and large hoop ear ornaments, holding what are likely ceremonial accoutrements.

Provenance

Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.

Literature

See Meggers, B., Ecuador, Thames and Hudson, 1966, pl.27, for a similar figure with large earrings.

Footnotes

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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LOT 2223

Pre-Columbian Jama Coaque Ceramic Shaman Figure

Sold for (Inc. bp): £247

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