Twenty-three (23) Ecuadorean Pre-Columbian human effigy grey and buff ware pottery and stone figurines and pipes or whistles, including a Bahia culture human bust fragment with a crested headdress and necklace (3" H x 2 3/8" W x 1 5/8" D), Bahia culture flat human bust fragment with an elaborate headdress and "v" shaped necklace, oval shaped knob to back (4" H x 3 7/8" W x 1 1/2" D), seated human ball player figurine holding a ball in his right hand and a banana shaped item in his left hand (5 1/4" H x 2 7/8" W x 3 3/8" D), large human figurine with elaborate pointed headdress and delicate facial features, and round mouth (8 3/4" H x 4 1/4" W x 2 3/4" D), triangular stone female bust with incised features and "Encontrada Peninsula 1945" incised en verso (5 1/4" H x 6" W x 3" D), hollow standing human figurine with elaborate headdress and costume, rounded knob to back (4" H x 3 1/8" W x 1 3/4" D), standing female fertility figure with emphasized breasts and stomach, wearing a headdress (3 3/8" H x 2 1/8" W x 1 1/4" D), standing human figurine with a grotesque face, elongated body and leg (4 3/8" H x 2" W x 1 1/2" D), flat human figurine fragment with an elaborate headdress (3 3/4" H x 4 1/8" W 1 1/2" D), flat human figurine fragment with an elongated head, incised features, and ornate collar (3 1/8" H x 2 1/2" W x 1 7/8" D), fragment of a human head with scowling face and elongated headdress with incised lines (2 1/8" H x 1 1/4" W x 2 1/8" D), hollow female fertility figurine fragment with a rounded headdress, heavy round collar, prominent facial features, and breasts (4 3/8" H x 3 1/4" W x 2 1/2" D), flat female fertility fragment with a rounded headdress, emphasized breasts and stomach (3 7/8" H x 2 7/8" W x 3 7/8" D), seated female fertility figurine with stylized hair, emphasized breasts and thighs (2 1/2" H x 2 3/8" W x 2 3/4" D), flat female fertility figurine with elongated head, emphasized breasts and stomach, one hole to head, one hole to back of neck (4" H x 2" W x 1 1/2" D), flat female fertility figurine with elongated head, emphasized breasts and thighs (4 1/8" H x 1 7/8" W x 1 1/2" D), hollow human head fragment with incised ears and facial features, elongated head (2 3/8" H x 2 1/8" W x 1 3/4" D), flat human head fragment with incised facial features and elongated head (2 3/4" H x 2 1/8" W x 1 1/2" D), flat female fertility figurine with elongated head, emphasized breasts and thighs (4" H x 2" W x 1 3/8" D), hollow mask like human face figurine with incised facial features and protruding nose (2 7/8" H x 2 1/2" W x 1 1/2" D), hollow female head fragment with incised facial features and elaborate elongated headdress, one hole to top of head (3 1/4" H x 2 7/8" W x 2 1/2" D), flat human head fragment with incised facial features, nose plug, and elongated head (3 1/2" H x 2 1/4" W x 2" D), and a hollow human head fragment with prominent eyes, nose plug, elongated head (2 3/4" H x 3 3/8" W x 2 3/4" D). All items labeled with museum accession numbers. Provenance: Property of the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Majority of items in fragmentary condition with areas of loss, hairlines, etc. All items labeled with museum accession numbers, some faded. Areas of paint/coloration to lower quadrant of stone bust.