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Standing Female with Arms Spread

Standing Female with Arms Spread

Date: 400 BC - AD 500
Medium: slipped earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 4 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (19.1 x 11.7 x 6.4 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, Luther W. Brady, M.D.
Object number: 2006.16.28
The successors to the Chorrera ceramic tradition were the artists of the Guangala culture.  The upper torso and arms are no longer joined together and often are decorated with incisions and raised designs that represent clothing.  The sense of monumentality is maintained by balancing the decorated arms extended from the sides with the broad flat surface of the typical Ecuadorian tight skirt.  The overall effect expresses more of an interest in the way humans really look, as opposed to the stylization found in Chorrera figures.
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