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Clay figure

Colour: 10 R 6/8, light red. Red colour residue on the right head and shoulder area. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: D Pose: Seated. Animal face/mask, with broad snout and curved nose (beak?). Shoulders broadened. Arms bent in front of the body. Holding the hands downwards. Elbows close to the bent knees of the feet. Penis erect and resting against the body. Clothing: The face and head, the upper arms, the chest and the left and right lower legs roughly dotted. Depiction of fur/feathers (?). Jewellery: Necklace, close to the neck. Remarks: Two handle-like, openwork projections on the left and right of the head. The right one is damaged. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 14,7 cm
Depth: 6,3 cm
Width: 11 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4804

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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