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A rare Narino/Carchi earthenware mask browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492: item # 774420 Please refer to our stock # C254a when inquiring.
Michael Cichon Tribal Arts P.O. Box 970 Sarasota, Florida, 34230 941.224.0440 Guest Book $2,500.00 (Buyer Alert! Compare to Sotheby's Auction, Lot 2, Sale N08444, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, New York, May 16 2008) |
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| The archaeology of Ecuador has recently fascinated the world for many reasons. There are numerous early achievements in many cultural developments awaiting better understanding. Most intriguing is the probability of contact between Mesoamerica and Ecuador. This hints at long-distance sea travel and the possibility of shared belief systems between two widely separated peoples. Masks in wood were undoubtedly made, but none have survived. Instead, clay versions, like this one, give us a glimpse at the wooden types rotted long ago. It is subtly modeled and portrait-like. It most likely depicts the face of a male with an expressive, open mouth, a blunt, hooked nose, and high-cheekbones. Made of a thin, buff earthenware with a burnished red-orange slip overall. The mask has been broken and simply re-glued with no attempt at restoration or showing any added fill. 6" H x 6" W, from the southern highlands of Colombia or northern Ecuador. | ||||||||
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