Figure Item Number: Sa349 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Hollow male ceramic figure. Elongated head with white coiled headband. Large ears with round, plain white earrings. Large aquiline nose with blue area. Sunken eyes painted white. Open white mouth. Short, akimbo arms with white ends and no developed hands. Large extended stomach dotted in white. Large buttocks. Thick legs with white areas. White geometric pattern around neck. Dark blue areas on left leg, right side, and feet.
History Of Use
These types of hollow, naturalistic redware ceramics have been found in (often elaborate) shaft tombs, a mortuary structure unique to the western Mexican states of Colima, Nayarit and Jalisco. Some experts think the main figure found in such burials may represent a powerful, elite member of the society; other figures may depict retainers sacrificed to accompany that person in the afterlife. Other figures commonly depict warriors, pregnant women, acrobats, male and female couples both seated and standing, and women with children. (The end date of the period is in dispute.)
Item History
- Made in Jalisco, Mexico between 201 BCE and 400
- Owned by Neita Collishaw before June 9, 1981
- Received from Neita Collishaw (Donor) on June 9, 1981
What
Who
- Culture
- Western Mexico
- Previous Owner
- Neita Collishaw
- Received from
- Neita Collishaw (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Jalisco, Mexico
When
- Creation Date
- between 201 BCE and 400
- Ownership Date
- before June 9, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on June 9, 1981
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- poor
- Current Location
- Case 89
- Accession Number
- 0716/0002