FINE PRECOLUMBIAN CHORRERA 'FINGER-PAINTING SLIP' BOWL

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Pre-Columbian Coastal Ecuador, Chorrera Culture c. 1500 - 300 B.C.; A Beautiful Chorrera burnished 'finger-painting slip' tripod bowl with loop legs, artfully done with burnishing and polishing to the interior and lip only, leaving the underside with unburnished slip accents to the loop legs; with dendrites - manganese deposits - showing there. Beautiful! Intact, with minor chips, no repairs or restorations. 7 1/4" - 8.5 cm. in width. The Ancient Chorrera of coastal Ecuador influened a number of Pre-Columbian cultures, from the Chavin to the south to the Colima far to the north. Ancient Coastal Ecuador was a sole source for Malea and Spondylus shells , and their export to the Chavin and other cultures had significant influence; " Ecuador was the physical source of two elements that were basic to Chavin religion. Two marine shells, Malela and Spondylus , are frequent and important elements of Chavin religious art." and "Chavin art demonstrates that as early as 800 B.C. Malela and Spondylus were accepted as essential parts of the sacramental system. The people of Chavin ... had to obtain these shells by long-distance trade from coastal Ecuador." ( excerpts from pages 57 and 59 of "Ancient Ecuador: Culture, Clay and Creativity 3000-300 B.C." text by Lathrap). The identical pottery shapes and applied polychrome designs from the Nicoya read more

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