Square platform with well

Artist Unidentified artist

Date300 BCE–400 CE

MediumEarthenware

Dimensions4 5/16 × 5 1/2 × 3 15/16 inches (11 × 14 × 10 cm)

CultureJama-Coaque (Ecuador)

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineGift of Thomas Carroll, PhD 1951

Terms

Ecuador
Ceramics
Jama-Coaque
Earthenware
Animals
Birds

Object number2006.070.086

Label CopyThis is a polychrome ceramic Jama-Coaque cylindrical vessel with an elaborate flange rim on a square slab platform foot. Attached to opposing sides of the rim are mold made solid ceramic female effigies. Modeled and applied bird effigies perch on opposite sides of the rim between the suspended humans. The platform has an elaborate stamped pattern.

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