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Warrior

Colour: 10 YR 7.5/3, light grey/very pale brown. Blue colour residues on the ruff, the arm bands, the ankle bands and as a border of the side aprons. Production technique: Hand-modelled Function: - Type: - Pose: Standing, the right arm is facing forward, the left is held parallel to the body. The right foot is turned slightly to the side. Left foot slightly raised at the heel. The right hand is slightly curved and once held an object with a round shaft. Clothing: Cap, with wide fringes/hair (?) at the back. A garment that covers or covered the body, arms and legs. Part of the forearms and lower legs are exposed. It is covered all over, including the back, with conical pompons up to 1 cm long. Wide waist belt, laced in an x-shape at the front and sides. Side skirt. Damaged in the centre of the hip, so that it can also be assumed that a middle apron was once present. X-shaped attachment on the tops of the feet, sandals (?). Jewellery: ear pegs. Three forehead beads. Ruff, blue in colour, tied at the back and not continuous. Arm and ankle bands with small pairs (bells?). Remarks: The figure could not stand on its own. Two round holes at the back, into which one of the stands is inserted. It is not possible to say whether these holes were present earlier. Figure slightly damaged. Left hand missing. The ankle strap on the left foot was placed slightly higher than that on the right foot. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 29,4 x 16 x 7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4938

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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