{"product_id":"jamacoaque-pottery-shaman-figure-seated-on-a-bench","title":"Jamacoaque Pottery Shaman Figure Seated on a Bench","description":"\u003cp\u003eEcuador, Regional Development Period, circa 500 BC\/AD \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModeled in buff earthenware with a striking face and neck cords denoting his rank and ritual authority, seated nude, frontally on a separately modeled bench with his hands gesturing together in the manner of a figure in ceremony. He wears an applied bag wig gathered at the crown, multiple strands of appliqué necklace and cords draped across the chest, a prominent circular lip plug, and ear and nose plugs\/ornaments, all attributes marking him as a personage of high status within Jamacoaque society. The banded coil decoration wrapping the wrists, upper arms, and both legs echoes the beaded or woven bindings seen on comparable high-status seated figures of the period, and the surface retains scattered traces of the original slip and pigment along with earthen encrustation consistent with burial. \u003cbr\u003eSize: 10-1\/2 in. in height, with multiple losses and visible repairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe figure compares closely with the Jamacoaque seated figure in the Brooklyn Museum (acc. 76.166.2, 14-3\/4 in.) and with the seated bench figure illustrated in the Walters Art Museum's collection, both representative of the type discussed by Alan Lapiner in Pre-Columbian Art of South America and by Francisco Valdez in Amerindian Signs: 5000 Years of Pre-Columbian Art in Ecuador. Ex Santa Fe, New Mexico collection. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53901943931194,"sku":"17800","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17800.jpg?v=1786578667","url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/products\/jamacoaque-pottery-shaman-figure-seated-on-a-bench","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}