Spring

MOA: University of British Columbia

2956/113 a-b

Ceramic female figure representing 'Spring'. She is wearing a multicoloured headdress made of five large feathers, a green dress with yellow, orange, blue and green trim. She is holding a large orange conical-shaped container with her left hand and a flower bouquet (part b) in her right hand. Her legs are white and she is standing on a small, flat orange and green base.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Portuguese
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 44.0 cm, width 18.0 cm, depth 18.0 cm (overall) height 9.5 cm, diameter 4.5 cm (part b)

  • Creator Afonso Ginja
  • 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 2956/0113 a-b