Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jama Coaque (Jamacoaque) culture, ca. 500 CE. A beautiful mold-made ceramic sculpture of a woman seated with a child in her lap and an infant in a baby carrier on her back. She wears a tunic, necklace, headdress, nose and earrings and has what are either tattoos or scarification marks on her face in an elaborate pattern. Yellow, blue, and orange pigment is still visible, giving an idea of how lively and bright this would have looked when first made. Size: 3.75" W x 5" H (9.5 cm x 12.7 cm)
This figure represents one of the best-known aspects of the Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque) artistic legacy, a realistic mold-made pottery figure that is probably a portrait of an individual. She may once have also had gold and/or stone ornaments. Headdresses, jewelry, and styles of dress were all signifiers of rank and social status within many pre-Columbian societies; to a member of the Jamacoaque, this figure probably had even deeper meaning, describing who the woman was.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA
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Condition
Repaired and restored around base. This is extremely well done and difficult to see. Excellent preservation of details, with nice deposits and great remaining pigment.