Monolith – Culture Valdivia 4000 B.C. – 1500 B.C.

A visit to Casa del Alabado Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, is a must for history and anthropology fans. Located in a wonderfully preserve building, this museum features sculpture, artefacts, jewellery pieces and more. I learned about Ecuador’s indigenous cultures and saw hundreds of archaeological objects belonging to the ancient societies that occupied the territory known today as Ecuador.

Scroll down for the virtual exhibition of one of my favorite pieces of Casa del Alabado Museum of Pre-Columbian Art:

Monolith, Culture Valdivia 4000 B.C. – 1500 B.C. This powerful being seems to represent the cosmos: it has complex, multi-faceted structure, and its imposing hands, head and eyes expresses creative force.

Culture Valdivia 4000 B.C. – 1500 B.C.

Culture Valdivia 4000 B.C. – 1500 B.C.

Shaman‘s Table – Culture Jama-Coaquen 500 B.C. – 1530

Anthropomorphic Figurine (Venus) – Culture Valdivia 4000 B.C. – 1500 B.C.

Jama-Coaque 350 – 1500 B.C.

Anthropomorpfic Figurine- Culture La Tolita 350 B.C. – 350 AD

Hand and Nose Ornament – Culture Manteño Guancavilca 1100 – 1520

Culture Carchi 750 B.C. – 1550 B.C.

Ornament shaped like ears of corn – Culture Carchi 750 B.C. – 1550 B.C.

Llauto (Tiara) – Culture Carchi 750 B.C. – 1550 B.C.

Stamp – Culture Jama-Coaque 500 B.C. – 1530 B.C.

Stamp – Culture Jama-Coaque 500 B.C. – 1530 B.C.

Stamp – Culture Jama-Coaque 500 B.C. – 1530 AD

All photos (c) Disi Couture

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