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Ecuadoran Bahia Pottery Standing Female Figure
Ecuadoran Bahia Pottery Standing Female Figure
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Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi Province, Bahia culture, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A hand-built pottery figure of a woman standing atop delineated legs. She holds both hands up to her chest in a protective manner, has red pigment decorating her feet and lower legs, and displays a thick nose ring dangling from her septum. Her enlarged head bears protruding ovoid eyes, an ovoid mouth with thick lips, circular earrings on her ear lobes, and a minimalist cap with a vent hole on the verso. Size: 4.75" W x 10.1" H (12.1 cm x 25.7 cm)

Provenance: private Louisville, Colorado, USA collection; ex-Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, before 1975

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Condition
Repaired with infill material along some break lines and resurfacing to some others; some break lines are still visible. Fading to pigment in some areas, with softening to some finer details, and light earthen deposits. Nice preservation to overall form.
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Ecuadoran Bahia Pottery Standing Female Figure

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Starting Price $300
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