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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7/2, light grey. Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms at the sides of the body. Clothing: Headdress, consisting of headband and three-part feather bar. A strip decorated with horizontal lines is recognisable on the underside of each feather bar. Above this, vertical lines with short horizontal stripes. Short, rounded shawl at the front. Petticoat / skirt(?). Jewellery: ear studs. Single-row necklace. Remarks: No hands recognisable. Very badly weathered. One notch in the base. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 13 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Width: 8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4849

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Mexico
    Yucatán
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Florentino Jimeno - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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