A Carchi-Narino Polychrome Decorated Bowl, ca. 1000 - 1250 CE Chains - 18K Yellow Gold and the facial features

and the facial features

one column of text down the front

Accounts make it clear that indigenous peoples practiced taking and displaying human heads as trophies

both as personal adornment and as a ritual or amuletic item

Condition:  Very minor loss to the prong points

A Carchi-Narino Polychrome Decorated Bowl, ca. 1000 - 1250 CE Chains - 18K Yellow Gold and the facial featuresThe Highland Nario area of southern Colombia and northern Ecuador has quite a rich history of ceramic art. Three major stylistic complexes have been determined for the region starting around 750 CE: Capuli, Piartal, and Tuza. While Capuli has generally been deemed the oldest, Piartal and Tuza seem to be somewhat related, and there are examples of mixed styles. All three complexes look similar at first glace, characterized by creme, black, brown, and