Tumaco-La Polita culture (circa 300 B.C. - 300 A.D.), coastal Colombia and Equador, red paint on a gray ceramic base. A custom metal display stand is included.

Pictured with a similar grater on Plate II, page 66 in Colombia Before Columbus: The People, Culture, and Ceramic Art of Prehispanic Colombia by Armand J. Labbé (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1986).

Minor abrasions typical of excavated ceramics; repaired fracture through the center; overall very good condition.