Valdivian Idol

Deep incised anthropomorphic features covering the front.

This Formative culture represents the earliest known appearance of this form of artistic expression in the New World.  

Similar examples in Ancient Ecuador - Culture, Clay and Creativity 3000-300 B.C.

Also appear at Casa del Alabado Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, Quito, Ecuador.

Palmers Stones represents the earliest known appearance of human figurines in the New World. The range from simple ground plaques (Phase 1) to elaborately carved representations in which the facial features are clearly indicated and hands are depicted as a feather or rake-like design. The stone prisms are turned into human effigies by low relief carving emphasizing  the eyes and hands. The progressive sequence of stone figurines are from the simple rectangular plaque, to plaques with a groove indicating the division between the legs, to the more detailed depiction of the human face and limbs (Phase 2).

This item is presented  in partnership with, an U.S.A. dealer, specializing in High quality Pre-Columbian art.