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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 8/1, front; 2.5 YR 7/6, back; 2.5 YR 6/ 6, red (clay). Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms raised. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a round disc around which small leaves are arranged. From there, four drop-shaped cones arranged one above the other extend 5 rows to the right. Shoulder cape long at the back, rounded at the front, decorated. Petticoat with a narrow hem. Jewellery: ear studs. Single-row pearl necklace made of small round pearls, with a small oval pendant. Remarks: Pageboy hairstyle. Eyes closed (?). Very well preserved. One notch in the base. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 14,2 x 10 x 4 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4760

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Gebiet]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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