Possibly Carchi. Jar Decorated with Seated Figure, 1000–1500 C.E. Ceramic, 16 1/2 × 12 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (41.9 × 30.8 × 8.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1938, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 39.282. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.282_front_PS20.jpg)
Possibly Carchi. Jar Decorated with Seated Figure, 1000–1500 C.E. Ceramic, 16 1/2 × 12 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (41.9 × 30.8 × 8.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1938, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 39.282. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.282_threequarter_PS20.jpg)
Jar Decorated with Seated Figure
Arts of the Americas
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
CULTURE
Possibly Carchi
MEDIUM
Ceramic
DATES
1000–1500 C.E.
DIMENSIONS
16 1/2 × 12 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (41.9 × 30.8 × 8.3 cm)
mount: 17 × 11 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (43.2 × 29.2 × 29.2 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
39.282
CREDIT LINE
Museum Expedition 1938, Dick S. Ramsay Fund
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1938, provenance not yet documented; 1938, purchased in Colombia, Ecuador, or Peru by Herbert Spinden for the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Large, globular jar with the neck opening in the form of a seated, nude male figure with arms crossed and resting on his knees.The bulge in his left cheek indicates that he is chewing a wad of coca leaves.The figure holds a cup in his right hand that may be a lime container. Andean people continue to use lime (calcium carbonate) when chewing coca leaves to activate the stimulant properties of the leaves.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
CAPTION
Possibly Carchi. Jar Decorated with Seated Figure, 1000–1500 C.E. Ceramic, 16 1/2 × 12 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (41.9 × 30.8 × 8.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1938, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 39.282. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.282_front_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE
threequarter, 39.282_front_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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