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Clay figure

Colour: 3.75 YR 6.5/7, reddish, reddish yellow. Production technique: Press mould, applications. Function: Pipe type: E Pose: Seated. Stout, fat man with short, bent legs. The soles of his feet facing each other. Clothing: Headdress. Upper body naked. Waist belt. Remains of a garment (?) are visible around the shoulders and over the base of the upper arms. Jewellery: earrings. Chest pendant, broad oval. Remains of a narrow strip of clay on the left shoulder, necklace or remains of a garment? The clay strip does not lead to the breast pendant. A small rounding at the top of the forehead. Remarks: Arms, ear and chest jewellery appliqués. Headdress and arms missing, only rudimentary remains. Possibly a former item of clothing was also an appliqué. Figure heavily damaged, glued in the lower area. Very badly weathered. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 11,3 x 6,5 x 5,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4906

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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