*Prêtresse
presented standing in a conventional position evoking a particular ceremonial posture. She wears a skirt, her arms are enriched with tattoos in the form of glyphs symbolizing the divinity she honors.
Her shaved head is adorned with an original headdress with linear hair and a rectangular plume. Two side braids fall elegantly on her shoulders. Beautiful hieratic and concentrated expression of the face.
Terra cotta with smoothed slip, salmon beige and orange. Trace of polychromy
Jama Coaque, Ecuador, 500 BC - 500 AD
48 x 25.5 cm
Provenance: Sotheby's New York, May 15, 2003, lot 202
Very good general state of conservation.
