chorerra figure
Seldom chorerra figure in terracota, Ecuador.
The Machalilla Culture, between 1,800 years B.C., and 1000 BC.
condition: some restorations on head and body. Height: 21 cm
Jama-Coaque culture , nice tattoos - scarification on legs.
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This stone statue was made in Ecuador during the same period. IT is not
often you see stone statue coming from Ecuador they usually are in Ceramics
created by the Machalilla (1500–500 B.C.) and Chorrera (1000–1 B.C.). These
cultures mark the close of the Formative period, which began at Valdivia, and
the opening of the period called Regional Development (A.D. 1–1000). During
this period, new styles emerged from the Guangala (A.D. 100–900), Jama Coaque
(200 B.C.–A.D. 600), and Bahía (200 B.C.–A.D. 600) cultures as well.
The art of these societies is best known for representations of human
and animal figures, which were made in molds. Jama Coaque and Bahía figurines
are both simplistic and elaborately iconographic.
Particular subjects of interest include characters performing specific tasks:
musicians playing instruments, priests and shamans officiating, or warriors and
royalty, often shown displaying their prizes.
Machalilla art
This culture developed in the coastal strip of southern Manabí and in the
Peninsula of Santa Elena, where dry forest and spiny thickets are the prevailing
vegetation. But this people settled also the rainforest in higher lands. This
was the natural scenery where they practiced an intensive agriculture alongside
with other activities such as hunting, fishing and gathering.
A custom characteristic of this culture, widely diffused throughout the coast
of Ecuador, was the skull deformation for the purpose of ornamenting the head
and showing the status.
books:
Born
of Clay: Ceramics from the National Museum of the American Indian 
~ National Museum of the American Indian
A very good book if you need more general informations on Ceramics
Ecuador: The Secret Art of Precolumbian Ecuador
~ Daniel Klein The texts are well documented and give a good insight in the
present day knowledge of the surprisingly little explored archeological sites of
Equador. The objects presented in this book are of stunning beauty, emphasised
by excellent photography.
website: New Zealand's Maori rediscover themselves in maori
tattoos
This statue is interesting it has a very strong face, and also the lower part
is engraved with tattoos or scarifications.
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