Stone carved figure of a human, standing. They are wearing a head-dress and a cloak, and they are carrying something to their chest in their left hand. [IL [OPS Move] 28/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone carved figure of a human, standing. They are wearing a head-dress and a cloak, and they are carrying something to their chest in their left hand. [IL [OPS Move] 28/6/2017]
Long description: Stone carved figure of a human, standing. They are wearing a head-dress and a cloak, and they are carrying something to their chest in their left hand. The bottom of the figure has been perforated with a hole through which a metal rod has been inserted. [IL [OPS Move] 28/6/2017]
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 77 mm, Depth: max 16 mm, Width: max 28 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2010.78.23
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