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

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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