La Tolita
Standing jaguar figure
La Tolita, 500
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, 6 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 2 3/16 in. (15.5 × 8.3 × 5.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Phyllis K. and A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number
1989.404
This hand-sized standing figure may represent a late Bahía jaguar effigy. In later times, La Tolita/Tumaco artists sculpted these jaguar forms as lunging, excited figures. Mold-made from a pale orange clay, arms are broken at the shoulder. Face bears circular mask/headdress. Elongated tongue.
