ETHAM 048159

jarre anthropomorphe Tairona, Colombie

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048159
Anthropomorphic jar
Colombia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Tairona. 10th – 16th century
Ceramic
Acquired in 1991
MEG Inv. ETHAM 048159
Anthropomorphic jar representing a high-ranking figure commonly called a cacique (chief). As signs of his high rank, he is wearing a nose ornament, a labret, bracelets and a bird-shaped pendant necklace.

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Pre-Columbian South America

Pre-Columbian cultural history is just as spectacular in South America as it is in Mesoamerica. This region also developed agriculture independently and, from the fourth century, formed states, without writing, the wheel or a market economy. The objects on display mostly come from the Andean region, particularly from Peru, the centre of complex societies and the greatest cultural deployment in this continent.


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