Jama-Coaque
Mold for an anthropomorphic figure
Jama-Coaque, 500
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Jama-Coaque
Mold for an anthropomorphic figure
Jama-Coaque, 500
Physical Qualities
Clay, 3 11/16 × 3 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (9.3 × 7.7 × 4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Phyllis K. and A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number
1989.446
Half-mold bearing impression of standing male figure with ear spools, collar, and crescent-shaped headdress. Mold-made figurines appear as early as Chorrera (1800-300BC) in Ecuador but the small size and elaboration of details correspond to Jama-Coaque.
Francisco Valdez and Diego Ventimilla, eds, Amerindian Signs: 5000 Years of Precolumbian Art in Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Dinediciones, 1992
