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THBVery Fine Jamacoaque Pottery Seated Shaman w/ Bowl
Lot 43g
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture (also Jama Coaque), ca. 500 CE. A masterfully hand-built, skillfully modeled, and beautifully painted shaman figure who sits upon a stool or drum and holds a mortar and pestle. Note that the shaman is highly decorated; while his body is nude save a loincloth, he dons a headdress adorned with a prominent ornament - perhaps a shell or horn, large earspools, a crescent-shaped nose ornament, a 'beaded' necklace, as well as matching 'beaded' bracelets (one on each wrist), leglets, and anklets. Also note that considerable remains of original blue-green pigment applied to his jewelry after firing have survived the tests of time. These were probably intended to represent coveted jade, turquoise, or even emerald. Size: 6.875" H (17.5 cm)
Dress and ornament were identifiers of clans and ethnic groups as well as markers of rank among many ancient American peoples. Information encoded in elements of clothing and jewelry would have been understood by the members of those groups. This gentleman was most certainly an important individual given his elaborately decorated state.
See similar examples of this type in "Pre-Columbian Art of South America" by Alan Lapiner and "Amerindian Signs, 5000 Years of Pre-Columbian Art in Ecuador" by Valdez.
Provenance: private New York, USA collection, acquired in 1966
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#152710Professionally repaired from several pieces with restoration over the breaklines, but this is very well done and difficult to discern. Minute losses to back of loincloth belt, rim of bowl, tip of horn/shell ornament on headdress. Expected surface wear commensurate with age but details and pigmentation are still strong.Condition
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