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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)

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Cataloguing data

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

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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