Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3157/17 a-b

Small standing female figure. The figure has a bulbous waist with tapering legs. She has wide incised eyes, a pointed nose, and bared teeth. The figure has a strongly incised vaginal opening and an anus. She wears a simple headdress and large ear spools. The head (part a) has broken off from the body (part b) of the figure at the neck. There are remnants of red paint all over the figure.

  • Narrative

    Possibly a contemporary reproduction.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Chupicuaro
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 5.1 cm, width 4.9 cm, depth 3.2 cm (part a) height 9.9 cm, width 6.5 cm, depth 3.1 cm (part b)

  • 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

  • Ownership Date before 2002, before 2012, before July 15, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on July 15, 2015

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition poor
  • Accession Number 3157/0017 a-b