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Seated figure with spiked headdress

CultureBahía
OriginManabí , Ecuador
Date500 BCE - 200 CE
MediumEarthenware
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.223): 19 x 11.4 x 5.1 cm (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 in.)
DescriptionEcuador/Bahía Phase seated Figure, Manabí Region, Regional Developmental Period, with legs crossed and hands on legs. It has a red painted spiked headdress, large ear spools, nose ornament, and a tusk-shaped pendant. The eyes are bulging. There is gold paint on chest and head, and red paint on the lower torso.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.223
Classifications
Ancestral Abiayala
Sub-classification
Andean
Status
Not on view
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