Figure

About this object

Narrative

Field collected in Portugal from craft shop in Lisbon.

Physical description

Hollow, yellow-brown goat-faced figure with four arms and a tail. Representation of LUXURIA (Portuguese for lust), one of the 'seven sins'--the sin name is carved into the base front, with "JR" at the back. The male goat figure is holding a small female animal figure above its large genitalia.