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Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. This is a pottery figure in the classic Chancay style, a standing woman with wide eyes, small nose and mouth, and facial decorations that are representative of either scarification or tattooing. She has an enormously elongated skull that may be in imitation of the cranial shaping that we know was practiced in the Andes at this time. Her short arms are thrown out to the side; she has obvious genitalia and small breasts. Chancay ceramics have been found mainly in the cemeteries of the Ancon and Chancay valleys; this pottery seems to have been produced on a large scale using molds. Their pottery would start with a rough matte surface that would be painted later in contrasting cream, brown, and black. Size: 5.25" W x 9.25" H (13.3 cm x 23.5 cm)

Provenance: Ex-Private Joan Hersey Pavao Collection, acquired in the 1970's

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#118197

Head has been repaired at neck.