Figure Item Number: 3263/91 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Clay figurine with incised features and designs on front. Back of figure is flat. Entire surface is burnished. Figure is male, barefoot and wearing a loincloth, headdress and ear spools. Hole drilled into back of the figure's head.

Narrative

Collected in Peru before the 1970s by Ina VanStan, a Professor of Textiles and Clothing at the Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) from the 1940s to c. 1966. VanStan later gifted her collection to the donor. A large amount of the donation was used for teaching at the University of Alberta while others were mainly small study fragments.