Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3157/115

Small ceramic female head and upper torso. Figure has a wide face with incised eyes, and a protruding nose. She appears to wear a headdress and has an earspool in their right ear. There is a small amount of red paint on the figure's chest. Fragment of a larger object.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Meso-American
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 3.5 cm, width 2.3 cm, depth 1.6 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer, Carol Sawyer, Brian Sawyer, Dana Sawyer, Diane Sawyer, Lynn Thompson
  • Received from Carol Sawyer, Brian Sawyer, Dana Sawyer, Diane Sawyer, Lynn Thompson

  • Made in Mexico

  • Creation Date between 1 and 1500
  • Ownership Date before 2002, before 2012, before July 15, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on July 15, 2015

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition poor
  • Accession Number 3157/0115