Standing Male Figure
Artist
Manteño artist(s)
CultureManteño
OriginManabí , Ecuador
PeriodIntegration Period (500-1550)
Date850-1500
MediumEarthenware, red pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 33 x 14.5 x 10 cm (13 x 5 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
DescriptionManteño standing male figure, Ecuadorian, Integration period, with hands held at his sides, feet close together, a projecting nose and pierced septum. He is wearing a beaded collar, ear-spools, and headdress decorated with birds. The right side of his chest and back are incised with linear designs. There are traces of pigment remaining.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.315
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
AndeanCollections
Status
Not on viewArtist / Maker: Nayarit artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
Artist / Maker: Veracruz artist(s)
600-900
Object number: G83.1.74
Artist / Maker: Quimbaya artist(s)
1000-1400
Object number: G83.1.175
Artist / Maker: Bahía artist(s)
500 BCE - 200 CE
Object number: G83.1.223
