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	Type of Object:	Ceramic figurine
	Materials:	ceramic
	Measurements:	2 to 30 cm.
	Date or Period:	400 BC - 800 AD
	Maker:	Tumaco
	Designated List Section:	I. C. 7.
	Date of Import Restriction:	March 17, 2006
	Photograph	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
	Copyright:	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
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Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions
The most characteristic forms of the Tumaco pottery are the anthropomorphous, zoomorphous and anthropo-zoomorphous heads or figures, and masks. Some are modeled, others molded, and others combine the two techniques and reflect attitudes and expressions of daily and supernatural life. The anthropomorphous heads generally display cranial deformation. The sizes vary from 2 to 30 cm. tall.