Figure "Retablo" of the Quimbaya culture, Colombia, 1530-1557. Terracotta. Measures: 40 x 27.5 x 17 cm. The archaeological remains of the Quimbaya culture are located north of the Cauca River, on the western slopes of the Cordillera Central and the departments of Quindio, Caldas and Risaralda. Their artistic manifestations include gold and silver work, mainly gold work and tumbaga, and ceramics, characterized by the use of negative painting (in reserve), globular shapes, the use of various pigments and brushed geometric motifs. Quimbaya figuration shows characters with short, strong limbs and broad thorax, somatic characteristics typical of the local population. Dimensions 40 x 27.5 x 17 cm.