Object

Accession No

1962.235 B

Description

One small figurine head; hand modelled red ware. It depicts human face with incised eyes and eyeballs in appliqué; prominent features with an open mouth showing teeth; it wears circular ear pendants and a headdress with decoration at the top.

Place

Americas; North America; Mexico; Chiapas; San Cristobal de las Casas

Period

?Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic ?Fake

Source

Thompson, John Eric Sydney (Dr, Sir) [donor]; Montagu, Roberta [collector]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Terracotta

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Context (Other owners)
Geoffrey Bushnell added a later note to the catalogue card: 'G[ordon] R. Willey suspects them [as fake]. So does G.W. Lowe.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Other owners)
Given to donor by Señora Roberta Montagu.

Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
From a site 20 miles north of San Cristobal.

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1962.235 A-B: 'Two red terracotta miniature figurine heads. Hand modelled.'
Event Date 1962
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Circular decorative motif featuring at the top of the headdress and facial features are similar to other figurines classified as potential fakes and from same donor (see 1962.236; 1962.237).
Event Date 18/3/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones

Description (Physical description)
One small figurine head; hand modelled red ware. It depicts human face with incised eyes and eyeballs in appliqué; prominent features with an open mouth showing teeth; it wears circular ear pendants and a headdress with decoration at the top.
Event Date 18/3/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones

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