Corpus Christi Figure Item Number: 2738/51 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Corpus Christi statuette on a square base of a standing, brightly costumed male figure (a) holding a white bird with black wings and orange tail attached to a metal post (b) in his right hand . Figure is wearing pants, apron, blouse and floral cape painted in blue, white, red, green, orange, purple and black and an elaborate headdress of similar colours that branches into three hollow tubes at top, each holding a bunch of yellow, purple, blue and orange feathers.