Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3157/104

Upper body and head of a female figure. Figure wears a large headdress, and earspools. She has deeply incised eyes and mouth, with a projecting nose. The figure's arms are short and taper off. The back of the figure is plain. There is some red paint noticeable in the figure's eyes and mouth. Fragment of a larger object.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Meso-American
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 11.2 cm, width 6.5 cm, depth 2.8 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 3157/0104