Standing Male Panpiper

Jama-Coaque figures display a wide variety of activities depicting that culture's religious and ceremonial life. This panpipe player wears elaborate ear ornaments and headdress while playing his instrument and has remnants of color suggesting the color schemes of ceremonial clothing used in this pre-Columbian culture.

Shamans are often accompanied by music as they transform themselves into different shapes and go to different places in the spirit world. Perhaps this figure has a connection to a Shamanic ritual.