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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 7/6, red-yellow. Production technique: Press mould Function: Pipe Type: A Pose: Seated. A person/being sits on a rectangular pedestal with broad front feet. Arms, legs and feet are not recognisable. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a high feathered cap with 3 further heads or masks in the centre. Large round beads (pearls?) at the end of each feather. Short breastcloth with sashes in the centre and on the left and right. Jewellery: Rod-shaped earrings. Remarks: Very heavily weathered. There are panels on the front of the seat and on the front two feet. Provenance: Jonuta (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm
Depth: 5,2 cm
Width: 8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4877

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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