JAMA-QUAQUE PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRA COTTA FIGURE MODELED AS MALE HEAD WITH LARGE DECORATED HEADDRESS.Ecuador, 500 B.C.- 500 A.D. Chone "inverted D" shaped eyes - 2 in. x 2 1/2 in. x 2 in. Estimate $50-100
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
