Rare! Carchi (Narino), Ecuador / Colombia, ca. 1000 – 1500 AD. Near life-size slip painted polychrome pottery mask with negative-resist designs depicting someone with a wad of coca inside their mouth/cheek - a coca chewer perhaps? 7-1/2"H (19 cm), broken/restored with substantial fill and restoration at the joints, still an extremely rare example. Category:Carchi Material:Pottery Dimensions:7-1/2"H Condition:Restored
Antiquities Ancient South America
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