Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3157/132

Small ceramic head. Incised eyes and mouth. The figure appears to wear a headdress with a smooth top, but has lines and cross hatching around the face and back of head. Fragment of a larger object.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Valdivia
  • Material clay
  • Measurements height 3.9 cm, width 3.2 cm, depth 2.2 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 Ecuador

  • Creation Date between 3501 BCE and 1501 BCE
  • Ownership Date before 2002, before 2012, before July 15, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on July 15, 2015

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition poor
  • Accession Number 3157/0132