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A deliberate renunciation of naturalistic representation, characteristic of the last stages of Quimbaya ceramics, is illustrated in this female figure with trapezoidal head, no mouth and arms just hinted at by elongated lumps placed on the chest.  
 
   
 
Human figure
Pottery
A.D. 900- A.D. 1600
Salamina, Caldas
36 x 23,5 cm
   
 
    
 

 

 
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