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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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Cataloguing data

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

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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