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Large Pre-Columbian Effigy Jar

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Item Details

Description

Columbia, Tairona culture, ca. 1000 AD - 1550 AD. Impressive blackware anthropomorphic effigy jar (Chieftain jar) representing an important personage within the Tairona mythic world. The neck and shoulder are decorated with arms and a face in high-relief. cf. 'Columbia Before Columbus', Rizzoli, plate 147, for very similar example.

MEASUREMENTS

Height: 10 inches / 25.5 cm

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