Large vase showing a chief sitting with his hands joined at the bottom of his chin, his intense face symbolically pointing to the sky. The protrusion under the left cheek indicates that he chews coca leaves, a habit reserved for the chief.
Beige and orange terracotta.
Narino, Colombia, from 700 to 1500 A.D.
25 x 20 cm
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