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A Quimbaya Pottery Seated Slab Figure, Colombia Quimbaya culture, c. 1000CE Modelled in burnished earthenware, the figure is rendered with a broad, flat, slab-like torso and angular limbs with repairs to the legs. The stylized face, with horizontal lines for eyes, broad nose with a gold nose ring. Figures like this are associated with funerary and ritual contexts and were likely placed in tombs to serve as guardians, ancestral effigies, or spiritual companions for the deceased. The abstract, geometric form reflects a broader pan-Andean visual language, though the Quimbaya expression is distinguished by its refinement, restraint, and spiritual intensity. H195 W151 D100mm