Figure Item Number: Ni86 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A sitting red figure with a long oval head wearing a headdress. Eyelids surround the grooved eyes. Thin triangular nose, slightly open horizontal mouth. Breasts and short arms point outward at an angle.
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 Walter C. Koerner before January 18, 1982
- Received from Walter C. Koerner (Donor) on January 18, 1982
What
Who
- Culture
- Western Mexico
- Previous Owner
- Walter C. Koerner
- Received from
- Walter C. Koerner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Jalisco, Mexico ?
When
- Creation Date
- between 201 BCE and 400
- Ownership Date
- before January 18, 1982
- Acquisition Date
- on January 18, 1982
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 93
- Accession Number
- 0771/0004