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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 5/2, greyish brown. Blue colour remnants around the hip towards the left half of the body. Yellow colour residue on the right inner foot. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: Tripod B Pose: Standing, short arms slightly bent against the body, hands on the hip belt. Stout, fat man with short legs, left knee bent. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a U-shaped headgear with a ribbed band running diagonally downwards. On the left side is a flat disc pierced in the centre. Above it a smaller disc. Naked upper body. Narrow waist belt with an apron in the centre. Jewellery: ear stakes. Chest pendant, remains of a necklace are not present. Remarks: Very heavily weathered. Left foot and right front of the headdress damaged. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 11 x 5 x 6,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4884

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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