Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

2956/109 a-b

Ceramic figure of “Senhora da Alegria” wearing green robes and a gold crown (part b). The figure is playing a guitar, with a child holding a sheet of paper seated on her left arm, and a white dove perched on her right arm.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Portuguese
  • Material clay, paint, glaze
  • Measurements height 30.5 cm, width 16.0 cm, depth 15.0 cm (overall)

  • Creator Flores Sisters
  • Field Collector Anthony A. Shelton
  • Previous Owner Anthony A. Shelton
  • Received from Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget, Anthony A. Shelton

  • Made in Estremoz
  • 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 2956/0109 a-b