PRE COLUMBIAN POTTERY HEAD FRAGMENT JAMA- COAQUE 3 3/4 " AUTHENTIC ECUADOR

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JAMA-COAQUE PRE COLUMBIAN POTTERY FRAGMENT AUTHENTIC 500BC- 200 AD
THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC  PRE COLUMBIAN JAMA- COAQUE HEAD FRAGMENT FROM ECUADOR AND NOT A REPRODUCTION. IT IS FROM MY PRIVATE COLLECTION ACQUIRED FROM AN ESTATE IN FLORIDA WHERE THE HUSBAND WORKED IN ECUADOR AND COLLECTED POTTERY. I HAVE MANY PIECES LISTED ALL AUTHENTIC AND DESCRIBED PROPERLY. THIS IS A LARGE HEAD 3 3/4 INCHES HIGH AND 2 1/2 INCHES ACROSS THE HEAD. MISSING THE NOSE BUT EYE DETAIL IS EXCELLENT. DAMAGE TO THE EARS.  INTERESTING THAT MANY OF THESE HEADS HAD A NECK THAT LOOK LIKE A  WINE BOTTLE STOPPER AND A FEW OF MY FIGURES HAVE A HEAD THAT SEPARATED FROM THE BODY THAT  ALSO HAS THIS POINTED SHAPE. POSSIBLY THE HEADS WERE MADE SEPARATELY AND THEN INSERTED IN THE BODIES  AS I CAN SEE NO OTHER REASON. NICE MEDIUM BEIGE COLOR CLAY  S;IGHTY BURNISHED.   INTERESTING PUNCTURES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MOUTH THAT HAS A BOTTOM LIP AND IT LOOKS LIKE A SIMILAR HOLE ON THE LARGER EAR. YOU CAN SEE IT IN MY HAND AND IT IS A LARGE PIECE WITH VERY GOOD DETAIL.THE ENTIRE HEAD IS NOT DAMAGE ONLY THE DECORATIVE ITEMS THAT WERE ATTACHED AND OF COURSE THE NOSE . THIS WAS IN WITH LA TOLITA  FRAGMENTS BUT LOOKS MORE LIKE JAMA-COAQUE TO ME. THE BACK OF THE HEAD IS ELONGATED.  ****THIS IS GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC AND NOT A REPRODUCTION **** THE COLOR IS A BIT LIGHTER THAN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS BUT I NEEDED TO SHOW THE DETAIL.. TOO BAD IT DID NOT FIT IN MY WINE BOTTLE  BUT IT WAS A BIT TOO LARGE WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE IT MORE INTERESTING BUT HORRIFYING TO A PUREST COLLECTOR. CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS AS THEY ARE ALL DISTINCT PIECES.