Gallinazo ceramics 

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Import restricted since 1997.

Section III.C of the Designated List.

III. PRE-COLUMBIAN CERAMICS
C. Viru or Gallinazo
Characteristics
Decoration: Negative technique over orange background.
Forms: Faced anthropomorphic and zoomorphic vessels, face bottles for daily use in dwellings, “ancheros” (type of pot without a neck and with a horn-shaped handle).
Size: Up to 15 cm. high.
Identifying: The surface is basically orange; the vessels have a truncated spout, an arched bridge (like a tube) as handle, and geometric symbols in negative technique (concentric circles, frets and wavy lines). When the vessels represent a face, the eyes are like “coffee beans,” applied on the surface and with a transverse cut.