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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 8/1, white; 10 R 7/6, light red (clay). Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Hands at chin level. Clothing: Headdress, consisting of a flat, round headdress with a kind of "clasp" over it. Small fabric pompoms are attached to the bracket on the right and left. Shawl short at the front, rounded and decorated with wavy patterns. Skirt with three overlapping hems, the top one is ribbed. Jewellery: earrings. Single-row pearl necklace with drop-shaped pendant. Bracelet, three rows. Remarks: Pageboy hairstyle with vertical hair. Eyes closed. Very well preserved contours. 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: 3,8 cm
Width: 8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4767

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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