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| Keywords: Ecuadorian - Figure of a Pregnant Woman - Walters 482771 - Three Quarter.jpg To manufacture this figurine an artisan took two small clay coils and pressed them together The simple details of the body contrast with the often elaborate hairstyles The female figurines are most often found in middens trash deposits usually broken in several pieces Their relative frequency and simple manufacture suggests that they may have been used in fertility rituals and then discarded Male figures distinguishable from the females by the presence of a small bulge at the groin are relatively rare between 2300 2000 BC Formative earthenware cm 3 8 2 3 accession number 48 2771 40210 James Judge Quito Ecuador date and mode of acquisition unknown John Stokes Jr New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Elena Austen Stokes New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Elena Austen Stokes 2003 Art of the Ancient Americas The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2010 place of origin Valdivia in present-day Guayas Ecuador Walters Art Museum license Pre-Columbian art of Ecuador Pre-Columbian ceramic figurines Statues of pregnant women Valdivia culture Pre-Columbian art in the Walters Art Museum Pre-Columbian Ecuador Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
