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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 6/4, light brown. Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Type: - Pose: Seated, with crossed legs on a round pedestal. The hands on the knees. Half of the feet are still sticking out to the left and right of the centre apron. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a horizontal "bar", with a ribbon over it which ties a feather bar. Upper body naked. Wide waist belt with apron in the centre and at the sides. Jewellery: Three dots on the forehead. Ear stakes. Double-row pearl necklace with large pearls. Bracelets. Tongue-shaped pendant on the chin (beard?). Remarks: The pedestal is hollow inside and pierced three times in a rectangular shape between the lower ring and the upper seating platform. There are carvings on the two remaining supports (see volume I, appendix x). Weathered on the left, on the right they show a beak (?) pointing to the left with an eye and four drop-shaped dots underneath. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 13 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Width: 6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4779

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Mexico
    Yucatán
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Florentino Jimeno - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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