Figure

Low-fired pottery figure of a woman with orange detailing. The woman’s hair is in two braids which meet at the top of her head. Eyebrows, a nose with nostrils, eyes, lips and ears have been added to her face. There are small lines incised in her eyebrows to represent hairs and there are small lines around her eyes to represent wrinkles or eyelashes. Orange tear drop earrings hang from her ears. She also wears an orange necklace made of six orange dots of clay. In her left arm she carries a pot which is positioned so that the opening faces the front. The pot has an orange rim. There is a basket in her right arm; it has an orange handle made from two pieces of twisted clay. In the middle of her body there is a flower with orange petals. She wears a round skirt to the ground. On the front of the skirt there are two birds in profile facing each other; there is another flower with orange petals in between their bodies. The bird’s feet and feathers are incised in the clay. Directly below the bird’s feet are the woman’s own small feet, which stick out from under her skirt. Around the back of her skirt, there are three more flowers with orange petals. On both sides of each of these flowers, there are two orange leaves or petals. The interior of the woman’s body is hollow.