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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 6/8, reddish yellow. Remains of dark brown to dark grey-brown paint on the figure and remains of reddish painting (5 R 4/8) on the back. Production technique: Hand modelled, pressed model. Function: - Type: - Pose: Standing. Head slightly inclined. The thin, curved arms resting on the sides of the body. Clothing: Headband. Clothing is otherwise unrecognisable. Jewellery: - Remarks: Figure very badly weathered and damaged. Left arm missing. Head flat and almost as large in relation to the body. No depictions of legs and feet. Hair swelling to the left and right recognisable. A hole in the plinth. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Width: 8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4787

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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