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Early Valdivian Pottery Female Idol Figure

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Early Valdivian Pottery Female Idol Figure

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Description

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 3500 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery idol figure, with a feminine form, it is believed that the figures were used in fertility rituals. Her arms are crossed below her breasts, and the head is almost entirely covered with a helmet-like coiffure or headdress, the chin and mouth just visible below. Enveloped in red slip, the piece's surface has been burnished to a lustrous sheen. The Valdivian culture created the oldest known pottery figurines in the Americas! The obscured face is a style from the earlier time frame, around 3000 BCE. Size: 1.5" W x 3.75" H (3.8 cm x 9.5 cm); 5.5" H (14 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired from 2000 to 2010

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Condition

Missing lower legs. Repaired, top of head and left headdress is reattached with visible break lines.

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Early Valdivian Pottery Female Idol Figure

Name: Early Valdivian Pottery Female Idol Figure
SKU: 163761358
Price: 700 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $1,400 - $2,100

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Starting Price $700

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