Ceramic masks appear throughout the Precolumbian world, with this example found in northern Ecuador and southern Colombia. The impish face has wide eyes looking to the left, flared nostrils, puffed cheeks, and holes on the forehead, perhaps for wearing or hanging. The ears also have holes, possibly to hold ornaments. Traces of white and yellow pigment remain on the surface, and a raised, coffee-bean-shaped decoration adorns the forehead.