BAHIA PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRA COTTA FIGURE MODELED AS FEMALE HOLDING JAR WITH PINK AND BLUE DRESS, AND RED HAT,Ecuador, 500 B.C.- 500 A.D.- 14 in. x 6 1/2 in. Estimate $300-400
PROVENANCE: Private collection acquired from antique shops in Bogota, Colombia; Quito, Ecuador, and San Jose, Costa Rica, during the late 1960s-early 1970s when owner was working for World Bank in those countries. Collection was authenticated by Betty Meggars, Latin American Archaeologist at the Smithsonian Institute