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Standing Figure
ca. 400 BCE - 500 CE17 in. (43.2 cm)
La Tolita artist
Ecuador
La Tolita; made in Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Object Type:
Ceramics
Medium and Support:
Earthenware
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1977.194
Location: Currently on view
This unusual figure simultaneously incorporates the physical qualities of both a grown man and a very young child. Depicting a warrior or a hunter, his right arm is drawn back and appears ready to release a weapon.
The figure was mold-made and probably produced for ritual purposes or burial. It would have been embellished with jewelry in the holes in his ears and nose. Quite often figures such as these would have been adorned with clothing and headdresses befitting the rank of a particular individual.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
The figure was mold-made and probably produced for ritual purposes or burial. It would have been embellished with jewelry in the holes in his ears and nose. Quite often figures such as these would have been adorned with clothing and headdresses befitting the rank of a particular individual.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
Provenance
Cultural Precolumbinas, Bogota, Colombia (dealers); purchased from them by Christopher Zutes, Rochester, NY, 1976; purchased from him by the Gallery in 1977
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