Description (Physical description)
Clay head of a man with a beard, broken off a vessel. According to Gadow, this represents ' a Spanish soldier in iron helmet and mail coat' .
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Hans Gadow, 1902-1904.
Event Date 1902
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Analysis)
Captioned in Gadow's 1908 publication as: 'Terra-cotta image of a Spanish soldier in iron helmet and mail-coat, found in Cuernavaca.'
Event Date 1908
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Gadow, Hans. (1908). Through Southern Mexico, being an account of the travels of a naturalist. London: Witherby & Co.; New York: C. Scribner's Sons, p. 277 (illustrated)
Event Date 1908
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Display)
Annual Report of the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology, 28 April 1930, n.p., also states: "In a show-case at the other end of the [Andrews] gallery the greater part of the collection made by the late Dr Gadow in Southern Mexico, and presented to the Museum in memory of him by Lord Revelstoke, has been placed on temporary exhibition."
Event Date 1930
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Register entry for 1930.1136 notes 'Presented by the Lord Revelstoke in memory of Sir Hans Gadow who made the collection', and whose acquisition is subsequently connected to the whole of Revelstokes' donation, 1930.1136-1246.
Event Date 1930
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Context (References)
Elliott, Mark and Thomas, Nicholas (eds.). (2011). Gifts and Discoveries: The Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge. London: Scala Publishers. p. 70
Event Date 2011
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Sherd, from hollow anthropomorphic figurine, depicting a European male figure wearing helmet. Facial features depicted with incised lines for wrinkles; perforations for eyes; incised lines around mouth area; incised lines at chin, possibly a beard. Helmet with flat square at centre of forehead with cross hatched lines; top of head with series of arched lines. Material pale orange in colour with gritty micaceous temper.
Event Date 27/3/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck