The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
Clay figure

Colour: 5 YR 6/4, light reddish brown. Production technique: Press mould Function: Pipe Type: D Pose: Standing, arms in front of the body, hands pointing upwards. Palms facing each other. Clothing: Waist belt, wide and decorated. Hip scarf. Sandals with Y-shaped knot binding. Waist belt could also be a hem, the outer clothing cannot be clearly categorised. Jewellery: nose bridge. Earrings. Single-row pearl necklace with large pearls and a zip-like hanger decorated with dots. Pearl bracelets, three rows. Upper bracelets with dot and hump ornamentation and a rectangular tongue extending transversely. Remarks: Gender classification based on the clothing, the sandals and the nose bridge. Right foot damaged. A hole in the base. (Sambale 2003)

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum
Show only fields containing data

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 11,7 x 7 x 3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4847

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
This content was machine-translated
2.1.1 / 7.1