Figure Item Number: Ni93 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A red figure sitting hunched over with knees folded under. The arms are folded out in front with the palm of the hands resting to the side of the stomach underneath the breast which have a sun-like design. Large curved back. Hair carved with grooved lines to form a widow's peak. Ears are rounded circular knobs. Curved line and curved dotted line decorate the cheek areas.
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 Nayarit, 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
- Nayarit, 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
- Accession Number
- 0771/0014