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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 6/4, light brown. Production technique: Press mould. Function: Pipe Type: E Pose: Standing, short arms on body, hands on hip belt. Stooped man with short legs, slightly bent at the knees. Clothing: Headdress, turban with dotted decoration and three bun-shaped overlays. Wears an animal skull on his headdress. Animal skull in profile, looking to the right, upper body naked. Waist belt, wide with apron in the centre, decorated with dot and line pattern. Jewellery: ear stakes. In front of the chest a face pendant with four fringes peeking out from under the face. There are no remains of a necklace. Remarks: Left foot missing. The right hand is not recognisable. Provenance: Champotón (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 13 x 6 x 5,4 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4910

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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