Pre-Columbian Jama-Coaque Pottery Figure with Rattle and prominent earspools indicating high

and prominent earspools indicating high rank

Published: Elizabeth Kennedy Easby

Fine traces of the original red ochre pigment remain visible on the figure

otherwise intact with burial patina and age wear

and were among the most important sacred objects in Ancient Egyptian belief

Pre-Columbian Jama-Coaque Pottery Figure with Rattle and prominent earspools indicating highPre Columbian Jama Coaque Pottery Figure with RattleManab Region, Coastal Ecuadorc. 300 BC 600 AD A finely modeled Jama Coaque pottery figure depicting a standing female figure wearing an elaborate headdress and jewelry. The figure holds a ceramic rattle in one hand, an element often associated with ritual performance, ceremonial dance, or shamanic activity in the Jama Coaque culture of coastal Ecuador. The figure displays many of the classic