Object Details
Culture
Jama-Coaque (Ecuador)
Date
ca. 300 BC–AD 400
Medium
Earthenware mold with modern clay positive
Dimensions
5 1/2 × 3 3/8 × 1 3/8 inches (14 × 8.6 × 3.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Carroll, PhD 1951
Object
Number
2006.070.077 a,b
This fired ceramic Jama-Coaque mold for making a human “bird-man” figurine shows a figure wearing an(…)
This fired ceramic Jama-Coaque mold for making a human “bird-man” figurine shows a figure wearing an elaborate costume with coffee bean-shaped designs on the tunic. The figure wears a necklace with a pendant, ear spools or earrings, and a headdress. “Bird-man” figures may represent shamans or religious specialists.
