JAMA QUAQUE PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRA COTTA FIGURINE MODELED AS FEMALE,Ecuador, 500 B.C.- 500 A.D. Figure wearing necklace, bracelets, anklets, sash around waist; right hand touching chin; Clone "inverted D" eyes - 5 in. x 2 1/2 in. Estimate $150-250
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
