Pre-Columbian Jama-Coaque Pottery Figure with Rattle and were among the most

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and examples of this quality and completeness are preserved in only a handful of institutional collections worldwide

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Pre-Columbian Jama-Coaque Pottery Figure with Rattle and were among the mostPre 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