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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7/2.5, light grey/pale brown. Production technique: Press mould Function: Pipe Type: B Pose: Sitting/kneeling (?). Arms slightly crossed. In the right and left hand a round object on a stick. Clothing: Headdress, high with side feather bars and conical supports. Shoulder cape, open in the centre. Jewellery: ear stakes. Single-row pearl necklace with large pearl in the centre. Remarks: Heavily weathered. The staffs have no direct connection to the hands, but "stick" to the upper arms. The sticker with the original number is stuck to the headdress. (Sambale 2003)

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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 6 cm
Depth: 3,2 cm
Width: 4,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4874

Provenance and sources

Production
when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán
who
Maya
Collecting
who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors
Assignment to a curated holding:
American Archaeology

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