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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 8/2, very pale brown; 7.5 YR 7/4, pink (clay); 10 R 5/4, red paint residue on headdress, face and right hand. Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms raised. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a crescent-shaped disc with eleven slightly diagonal bulges in the centre, directly above the head. Shoulder cloth, the hem of which is decorated with a T-shaped stamp. Petticoat, decorated with a sewn-on hem. A narrow, ribbed hem underneath. Jewellery: ear studs. Single-row pearl necklace with double pompom pendant. Bracelets, double row. Remarks: Pageboy hairstyle. Slightly rectangular eyes. Teeth visible. Right hand weathered and slightly damaged, nose damaged. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 17,1 x 12,4 x 5,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4741

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Gebiet]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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