Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

2956/7

Cream coloured ceramic figure standing on a dragon wearing robes and holding a long staff with a snake curled around it in one hand, the other hand extended from his side with a sash draped over it with “S. HILARIO” inscribed into it (St. Hilary).


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Portuguese
  • Material clay, paint, glaze
  • Measurements height 41.0 cm, width 20.5 cm, depth 16.0 cm (overall)

  • Creator Jose Augusto Ferreira dos Santos
  • Field Collector Anthony A. Shelton
  • Previous Owner Anthony A. Shelton
  • Received from Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget, Anthony A. Shelton

  • Made in Aviero
  • Collected in Portugal

  • Creation Date during 2011
  • Collection Date between 2011 and 2012
  • Ownership Date before September 17, 2012
  • Acquisition Date on September 17, 2012

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 2956/0007