Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3157/130 a-c

Small ceramic female fertility figure. She has long, centre-parted hair and appears to wear earspools and an ornate necklace. The figure's left arm (part b) and right lower leg (part c) have broken off. There is some red paint on the figure's necklace, face, and right arm. The exposed interiors of the limbs and points of attachment are black as well as the backs of the lower legs.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Meso-American
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 11.0 cm, width 4.2 cm, depth 1.8 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 3157/0130 a-c