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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 6.5/4, pink/light brown. Red colour remnants (7.5 R 4/8) on the body and the seat. Blue colour residues on the waist belt and the apron. Production technique: moulded model Function: - Type: - Pose: seated, forearms resting on the back of an armchair-like seat. Clothing: On the head, three bun-shaped "baubles" that gather hair depicted in thick strands into a centre parting. Waist belt with centre apron. Jewellery: Small row of dots on the right and left of the forehead. Nose bridge. Cheek jewellery. Chin ornament (beard (?). Triangular (l=3cm) earrings decorated with dots and lines. Scarf, tied twice and decorated with dots and grooves. Arm and ankle bands. Remarks: The seat is open at the bottom. Additional elliptical openings between the arms and the body as well as between the knees. Two round openings at the front and back, at the bottom of the base. The base is 10cm wide. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Depth: 20,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4781

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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