Jamacoaque Ceramic Hand

A Pre-Columbian Jamacoaque ceramic hand, naturalistically rendered, with a drilled hole in the wrist which suggests that it was originally part of an articulated ceramic figure or worn as an amulet.

Ecuador, Northern Manabi Region.
Ca. 500 BC - 500 AD.
Length: 6 in. (15.2 cm).
Intact.

Formerly in a New York private collection.