Painted clay figure of a man wearing a red turban, yellow jacket with blue trim, white trousers and carrying a tray of food. One arm broken off at the elbow. [JP 1/12/2003]

Collection type: Object
Description: Painted clay figure of a man wearing a red turban, yellow jacket with blue trim, white trousers and carrying a tray of food. One arm broken off at the elbow. [JP 1/12/2003]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Person: Field collector E.R. Jones; Field collector Mrs E.R. Jones; Field collector Evan Rhys Jones; Field collector Elizabeth Jones; PRM source H.B. Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 2002
Date collected: By 2002
Acquisition information: Donated: 2002
Materials and processes: Material Clay, Material Pigment, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 75 x 30 mm base
Object numbers: Accession number: 2002.91.55
Research and responses: Full name of Dr E.R. Jones possibly Evan Rhys Jones, see records at Regent's Park College Angus Library and Archive which suggest he worked in Africa between 1910 and 1920 with his wife Elizabeth. They were Baptist missionaries and medical staff [AP 21/7/2016]

Search terms: Figure, Pottery

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