Pre-Columbian Art

POTTERY FIGURES OF NARIÑO comprises three well-defined styles, set s Jacinto Caamano and Jijón and Alice De Francisco for the area with projections to Ecuadorian Colombian territory, and were adopted in the latter country on the grounds that both zones formed in pre-Columbian times a single cultural complex. The first style; The Capulí, is very homogeneous in terms of shapes, decoration and treatment of the pulp, and appears to stem from a rather old ceramic tradition but was a contemporary of the other two mentioned. It is characterized by its red painted with negative technique, Black on Red. With this elaboration generally very well executed geometric designs that decorated the tops of various shapes, globular pots, "coconut" and reviewed. The walls of the vessels are rather thick and the material is rather generous, so it follows that the utility had within the community and the large group of potters engaged in their production.

antropomoorfas representations of figures, dolls sitting chewing coca leaves commonly called coconut, zoomorphic figures ranging from 10 centimeters to 70 centimeters figures.

Grassland and Environment quillasingas Geográficolos developed in a wide area of ​​Colombia, for the Andean region and the eastern slope of the current Amazon Nariño department, whose general features are: the Andes breaks into the territory forming the Knot grass and then extends northward into two branches: the western mountains to the left and right wing eastern central mountain range, separated by the deep basin of the river valley Guaitara and patio. Exhibit marked geographic differences in the Andean region of Nariño department such as the highlands and Ipiales Tuquerres prodigal on flat land very fertile and beautiful valley of Atriz seat of the city of Pasto.

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