Figure Item Number: 2979/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Seated male figure with bitumen decoration. Figure sits cross-legged, with his hands above his knees, and is shown wearing a headdress, necklace, apron, and arm ornaments(?) just above the wrists. The figure has painted black pupils and holes through his ears with round plugs in the holes? There are black/dark brown painted decorations on his torso, shoulders, necklace, fingernails and toes. The upper legs were also painted black (partly worn off) as if to represent short pants or a skirt. The headdress has three horizontal slits carved in it, at the top and both sides. The back is undecorated. There is a round hole bored in the back of the head. The neck has been broken off and glued back on, as has the right elbow and pieces of the necklace.
Narrative
Uncertain if the figure is a replica or from the period 300-700 C.E.
Item History
- Made in Veracruz, Mexico between 300 and 700
- Collected during 1955
- Owned by Jonathan A. Levin before September 10, 2012
- Received from Jonathan A. Levin (Donor) on September 10, 2012
What
Who
- Culture
- Totonac
- Previous Owner
- Jonathan A. Levin
- Received from
- Jonathan A. Levin (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Veracruz, Mexico
When
- Creation Date
- between 300 and 700
- Collection Date
- during 1955
- Ownership Date
- before September 10, 2012
- Acquisition Date
- on September 10, 2012
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2979/0002