Male figure chewing coca
Artist
Bahía artist(s)
CultureBahía
OriginLos Esteros, Manabí , Ecuador
PeriodBahía Phase 500 BCE - 500 CE
Date500 BCE - 500 CE
MediumEarthenware with pigment
DimensionsOverall: 56 x 25.4 cm (22 1/16 x 10 in.)
DescriptionManabí standing male figure, Los Esteros, Bahía, Reginal Development period, standing on a rectangular base and holding a coca spoon to his mouth. The large head has a wide jutting chin, and is wearing a sashed loin-cloth, domed headdress with side flanges, and necklace with shell pendant. It is painted in reddish-brown, black, ochre, and white.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.213
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
AndeanCollections
Status
On viewArtist / Maker: Bahía artist(s)
500 BCE-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.212
Artist / Maker: Moche artist(s)
100-500
Object number: G83.1.160
Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
650-750
Object number: G83.1.126
Artist / Maker: Jama Coaque artist(s)
500 BCE - 500 CE
Object number: G83.1.1203
Artist / Maker: Jama Coaque artist(s)
500 BCE-300 CE
Object number: G83.1.201
Artist / Maker: Veracruz artist(s)
500-800
Object number: G83.1.79
Artist / Maker: Nayarit artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
