Pre-Columbian Jama-Coaque Pottery Figure with Rattle and an elaborate headdress or

and an elaborate headdress or coiffure

with natural surface weathering and stable structure

wearing prominent ear spools

Valdivia Venus figures represent some of the earliest ceramic sculptures in the Americas

Mountain View

Pre-Columbian Jama-Coaque Pottery Figure with Rattle and an elaborate headdress orPre Columbian Jama Coaque Pottery Figure with RattleManab Region, Coastal Ecuadorc. 300 BC 600 AD A finely modeled Jama Coaque pottery figure depicting a standing female figure wearing an elaborate headdress and jewelry. The figure holds a ceramic rattle in one hand, an element often associated with ritual performance, ceremonial dance, or shamanic activity in the Jama Coaque culture of coastal Ecuador. The figure displays many of the classic