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Date Listed: Jul-11-08 Inquiries: aboterophi@gmail.com Material : terracotta Origin : Colombia / Ecuador Culture : TUMACO - LA TOLITA Era : 400 BC / 500 AD Condition : Very Good. Missing small parts of pectoral adornment Dimensions : H = 9 inch W= 4 inch Tumaco typical ceramic with skull’s ritual deformation, very common in Andean Pre-Colombian civilizations. This figurine is wearing jewels: earnings and a large necklace with pendant. Clothes are very simple, covering lower part of the body. This type of clothes was worn by men and women. In spite of no face’s expression, we can note a great care to anatomic details: face’s delicacy, chest . Bibliography D. Lavallé, L. G. Lumbreras, « Les Andes, de la Préhistoire aux Incas », p. 102 à 119, L’Univers des Formes, Paris, 1985.  
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