Colombia, Calima Alcarazza Effigy in the form of a Seated Shaman
A similar effigy is illustrated "Calima: Diez Mil Anos de Historia" by Schrimpff, Bray et. al. (1992: pl. 38).
Period: Colombia, Calima, Yotoco Phase, Cauca River Valley, circa AD100-1000
Media: Ceramic
Dimensions: Height 8 3/4"
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M4015
Colombia, Calima Alcarazza of a Crested Bobwhite With Rounded Body and Legs
The bobwhite has a small head with large gray eyes and is decorated with brick and buff toned slip highlights. The crested bobwhite is a member of the partridge family and is still found in Colombia today. A similar vessel is illustrated in CALIMA AND MALAGANA ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLOMBIA, pg.43.
Period: Colombia, Calima, Yotoco Phase, Cauca River Valley, circa AD100-1000
Media: Ceramic
Dimensions: Height: 8"
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m9009
Colombia, Calima Alcarraza with Frog Relief Sculpture and Incised Geometric Designs
The Alcarazza is a style of ceramic vessel made by the Calima culture of ancient Colombia. Often they are decorated with geometric forms and occasionally can be animal effigies. They tend to be very elegantly styled. Similar examples are illustrated in "Colombia Before Colombus" by Armand Labbé (1986). These vessels were used for storing chicha beer for ceremonial occasions. The double spout allowed the liquid to pass evenly out one spout while air entered the other.
Period: Colombia, Calima, Sonso Phase, Cauca River Valley, circa AD1000-1500
Media: Ceramic
Dimensions: Height: 7 1/2" inches
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M7113
Colombia, Calima Ceramic Double Spout Vessel in Shape of a Circular House
Simply designed, Calima conventional style, slip painted, red and white ceramic "alcarraza" with a double spout bridge handle, in the form of a round house with a peaked roof. The creamy base retains traces of black resist geometric motifs in a lattice or net-like composition, considered to be a trademark of the Calima style (see Labbe, A."Columbian Gold and Ceramics in Antiquity", pp144-148) .
Period: Columbia, Malagana, Cauca River Valley, c. 1-500 AD
Media: Ceramic
Dimensions: Height: 6"
$4,500
MM032
Colombia, Calima Effigy Vessel in the Form of a House
A house model resting on four globular feet. Vessels from the Calima region of Colombia, also known as alcarazzas, have a very distinct shape, typically with two spouts on the diagonal. For more examples, see "Colombia Before Columbus" by Armand Labbe (1986: 64-95) and "Calima" by de Schrimpff, Bray et. al. (1992: 113-118), which is where the reference drawing shown here has been taken from. A number of alcarazzas represent houses and probably mimic the actual dwellings of ancient societies in Calima.
Period: Colombia, Calima, Yotoco Phase, Cauca River Valley, circa AD100-1000
Media: Ceramic
Dimensions: Height 8"
$3,500
99318
Colombia, Quimbaya Seated Male Warrior with Gold Nose Ornament
This male figure sculpted in solid red clay is in a sitting position with outstretched hands. He is wearing his original ancient gold crescent nose ring. His arms and legs are decorated with incised geometric banded depressions, representing ligature bands intended to constrict the flow of blood. It was believed that this strengthened the adjacent muscles. Similar examples are illustrated in "Columbia Before Columbus," by Armand J. Labbe, Rizzoli, NY 1986, p. 75.
Period: Colombia, Quimbaya, Cauca River Valley, circa AD200-1500c
Media: Ceramic
Dimensions: Height 8 in. x Width 7 in.
$4,800
94272B
Colombia, Tairona Ceramic Tray with Bat Adornos
A redware ceramic tray embellished with two smiling bats with outstretched wings. The head and the body of the bat are decorated with incised lines, the back with a diamond-shaped motif. The outer wall of the bowl is incised with squarish scroll designs.
Period: Tairona, Santa marta Colombia 650-1600AD
Media: Ceramic
Dimensions: L: 13", W: 10-1/2"
$8,000
94271
