Ceramic fragment, probably from a figurine

Collection type: Object
Description: Ceramic fragment, probably from a figurine
Long description: Pottery object, broken at one end. Possibly represents a headress, or a bundle of sticks/grasses etc. The object is orange/pink and flat on the back with a raised design on the front. The design is 5 strips, fanned out and with curved ends. At the narrow end there is a raised zigzag section over the 5 strips. The object has broken off below this section. This object may have broken off a pottery figure or be an ornament from an incense burner. [SM 06/02/2008]
Geographical reference: Mexico
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Mexico; Puebla State Cholula Great Pyramid of Cholula [Tlachihualtepetl]
Person: Field collector Charles Lempriere; PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: On or before 1864
Date collected: ?On or before 1864
Acquisition information: Transferred: 05/10/1950
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Moulded, Process Fire-Hardened
Dimensions: Width: max 34 mm, Length: max 38 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1886.1.1103 Other numbers: 1103

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