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Title

Figurine

Generic classification
Sculpture
Object
Sculpture
Date
ca. 200-100 a.C.
Century
2nd century BC
Cultural context / style
Celtiberian Culture
Material
Copper
Provenance
Burgos (Burgos, Spain)
Current location
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Inventory Number in Current Collection
AN1969.764
Object history

This piece was discovered in a Celtiberian archaeological site in what is now the province of Burgos in the early 20th century. An American collector, Walter Leo Hildburgh, who was highly interested in acquiring metal objects and amulets (Ettlinger, 1965; Oakes, 2006), acquired the statuette and displayed it at his residence in London. This was not the first time he had purchased items from Spanish archaeological sites; in the 1920s, Hildburgh bought the Treasure of Córdoba, a collection of jewellery and coins from the Iron Age found at the Marrubial mill in Córdoba (Hildburgh, 1922). Throughout his life, he donated numerous objects to museums and institutions, including this statuette, which entered the Ashmolean Museum collection in 1969.

Description

This ex-voto represents an anthropomorphic figure with extended arms. The figure is dressed in a long, close-fitting tunic that reaches the ankles, and wears a conical headdress. Additionally, the figure features a torque around the neck and two ear coils, ornaments also seen in sculptures like the Lady of Elche, suggesting that this is a female figure. The extended and open arms indicate that the person is making an offering to a deity (Blázquez, 1983; Marco, 1987). Similar ex-votos have been found in the sanctuary of Collado de los Jardines (Jaén).

Locations
* The relative location of dealers, antique shops, art galleries, and collectors leads us to the places where they were based or had one of their main headquarters. However, this does not always indicate that every artwork that passed through their hands was physically located there. In the case of antique dealers and art merchants, their business often extended across multiple territories; sometimes they would purchase items at their origin and send them directly to clients. Similarly, some collectors owned multiple residences, sometimes in different countries, where they housed their collections. It is often difficult to determine exactly where a specific piece was kept during its time in their possession. Consequently, the main location of the dealer or collector is indicated. These factors should be considered when interpreting the map. Refer to the object's history in each case.
Bibliography
  • BLÁZQUEZ, José María (1983): Primitivas Religiones Ibéricas. Religiones Prerromanas, Ediciones Cristiandad, Madrid.
  • ETTLINGER, Ellen (1965): "The Hildburgh Collection of Austrian and Bavarian Amulets in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum", vol. 76, nº 2, Folklore.
  • HILDBURGH, Walter Leo (1922): "A Find of Ibero-Roman Silver at Cordova", nº 72, Archaeologia.
  • MARCO, Francisco (1987): "La religión de los celtíberos", en I Simposium sobre los celtíberos, Diputación Provincial de Zaragoza, Institución "Fernando el Católico", Zaragoza.
  • OAKES, Catherine (2006): "Dr Hildburgh and the English medieval alabaster", vol. 18, nº 1, Journal of the History of Collections.
Citation:

Isabel Escalera Fernández, "Figurine" in Nostra et Mundi. Cultural Heritage from Castile and Leon around the world, Fundación Castilla y León, 2025. https://inventario.nostraetmundi.com/en/work/67

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

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