Nariño Human Effigy Clyster Tube
Intricate Details and Artistic Narrative of this
Nariño Clyster Tube
The representation of this Nariño Clyster Tube and nude male may be linked to agricultural field-fertility rites. Traditional sculpted face with bob-cut hair. Decorated geometric patterns on the burnished lower half of the vessel. Black and red on cream resist paint. Minor surface erosion. There is a small stable hairline crack at the base of the effigy, with testicles being reattached. Measures 10.75”/27.30 cm in length. Piartal cultural complex ca. 750 AD -1250 AD. Highland Nariño region.
Provenance: Private Fl collection
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Ref. Similar example can be seen in “Colombia Before Columbus” pg. 168 Plate XLVI
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Regional Division of Pre-Columbian Americas’ Major Archaeological Cultural Phases