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La Tolita
Culture
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La Toilta is an island in Northern Esmeraldas province, 15 minutes by boat
from La Tola and was 2000 years ago the main center of the La Tolita
Culture, famous for its pottery and
metal works, especially gold jewels (see gold art exhibit). Today the
culture and its protagonists are all vanished and the island is
inhabited by new people, mostly descendants of African slaves. Most of the precious work can be admired in the Archaeological museum
in the Casa de Cultura
in Quito but some exhibits are left on the island, making a visit
worthwhile.
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