Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3157/49 a-b

Small standing female figure (part a). The figure has large oval eyes, a protruding nose with ornamentation underneath, a wide mouth, round breasts and tapered legs. She wears earspools and a red necklace with a round decoration. The red headdress (?) (part b) has broken off the top of the figure's head.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Meso-American
  • Material clay
  • Measurements height 2.2 cm, width 2.8 cm, depth 0.8 cm (part b) height 8.8 cm, width 5.0 cm, depth 1.5 cm (part a)

  • 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 3157/0049 a-b