Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

2956/89

Ceramic figure of a woman holding two multicoloured floral bouquets in her arms and two small male figures her hands. She is wearing a large orange, upright circular headdress with a red flower at its centre, a green jacket, a pink, blue, green and gold patterned skirt, and a white apron. She has gold earrings and bracelets.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Portuguese
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 24.0 cm, width 13.5 cm, depth 10.5 cm (overall)

  • Creator Domingos Goncalves Lima, Virginia Coelho Esteves
  • Field Collector Anthony A. Shelton
  • Previous Owner Anthony A. Shelton
  • Received from Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget, Anthony A. Shelton

  • Made in Barcelos
  • Collected in Portugal

  • Creation Date during 1975
  • 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 2956/0089