2010.78.8

Collection type

Object

Description

Carved stone figure of a human in a seated position with knees bent and hands rested on knees. The figure is wearing a headdress that extending down the back of the neck, with two feathers protruding from the top. [IL [OPS Move] 29/6/2017]

Long description

Carved stone figure of a human in a seated position with knees bent and hands rested on knees. The figure is wearing a headdress that extending down the back of the neck, with two feathers protruding from the top. The figure has been perforated with a round hole at the bottom through which a metal rod has been inserted. [IL [OPS Move] 29/6/2017]

Geographical reference

Mexico

Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Mexico

Person

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source George Anthony Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1899

Date collected

By 1899

Acquisition information

Donated: 27/10/2010

Materials and processes

Material Stone, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Perforated

Dimensions

Height: max 169 mm including rod, Height: max 152 mm, Width: max 54 mm, Depth: max 51 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2010.78.8 Other numbers: 345

Research and responses

This collection was looked at by Rosemary Joyce on the 2nd of December 2010 as part of the Fell Funded project "Characterising the World Archaeology Collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum'. Rosemary advised that these objects are without doubt examples of 19th century tourist art. So not 'archaeological', but none the less interesting for those looking at tourist art, especially in the 19th century. [FC 05/01/2011]

General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers obtained this object from George Fabian Lawrence, an antiquary, collector and dealer in antiquities. In the 1880’s became an antiquities dealer, opening a shop in Wandsworth. [FC 05/01/2011]

Search terms: Figure, Carving