Figure Item Number: Ce212 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Female bust with wavy hair and wearing a headdress. Traces of paint on face and headdress and traces of white slip overall. Fragment of a larger piece.
History Of Use
Figurine used for worship; votive offering to accompany the dead to the underworld; Early Classical period.
Iconographic Meaning
Possibly a female goddess.
Item History
- Made in Attica, Greece between 501 BCE and 401 BCE
- Collected during 1916
- Owned by Muriel E. Ahier before November 9, 1981
- Received from Muriel E. Ahier (Donor) on November 9, 1981
What
Who
- Culture
- Greek
- Previous Owner
- Muriel E. Ahier
- Received from
- Muriel E. Ahier (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Attica, Greece
When
- Creation Date
- between 501 BCE and 401 BCE
- Collection Date
- during 1916
- Ownership Date
- before November 9, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on November 9, 1981
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics; carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 96
- Accession Number
- 0745/0007