Sometimes they are referred to as "spirit" designs according to shamans who during drug induced trances report the appearance of these markings upon the bodies of ancestral spirit people. Because of their similarity to painted patterns that have ritual significance in the art of remaining descendants of the culture, some interpretation of their symbolic significance can be reached. Zoomorphic in character, theses scroll designs appear on the bodies of both humans and animals and on representations of clothing and furniture such as stools. The incised scroll design on the neck is a common motif in Marajoara art. The neck is long and incised with a scroll pattern and fluted rim. This large ceremonial urn/vase is globular in form and tapers at the base. This pelican is slightly taller at 13 3/4" inches, and his head is turned 90 degrees, but the artist painted the head and feet in the same red-brown over a buff body with modeled wings.īrazil, Marajo large ceramic bichrome vessel with incised neck A nearly identical vessel is published in Klein and Cevallos, eds., "Ecuador: The Secret Art of Precolumbian Ecuador" (2007: pl.
The characteristic tall spout was almost certainly for the manipulation of liquid, and its slender height would have prevented spillage. They were also placed in tombs as offerings for the dead. Anthropomorphic effigy bottles with tall spouts are one of the hallmarks of Chorrera art, and may have been for high-status beverages for chiefs and shamans, probably alcoholic brews laced with hallucinogenic ingredients. The wings are softly modeled at the sides of the body, while the tail and quasi human feet support the vessel in a vertical position. This effigy vessel represents a pelican decorated with red-brown slip on the head and neck over a buff body. Ecuador, Chorrera Avian Effigy Spouted Vessel of a pelican
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