Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera, ca. 1000 to 500 BCE. An impressive redware whistling stirrup vessel depicting a coatimundi, nicely delineated with round eyes, a pointy snout, small cup-shaped ears, limbs, and curvy tail, perched atop the shoulders of a rounded body. The Chorrera culture is known for its ceramic traditions, particularly animal and plant effigy forms, such as this coatimundi.The raccoon-like coatimundi (or coati) was easily tamed and its funny antics made it a great pet among the ancients of the Americas. Size: 7.75" in diameter x 8.5" H (19.7 cm x 21.6 cm)

Pre-Columbian whistles and whistling vessels were first created in ancient Ecuador and spread to Peru, their northern neighbor, were they were created as early as 1000 BCE and continued to be created throughout history. A finely handbuilt and burnished redware sculptural work from this early Ecuadoran culture, impressive for both its function and form as well as its whistling mechanism!

Provenance: Ex-John Smith Collection, Roswell, GA

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.

#119680

Stable crack runs from right foot to base. Near invisible nick to rim. Normal surface wear. Pierced hole above head presumably for even flow of liquid and whistling. Possible repaired probe hole on side of vessel body.