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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 4/1, dark grey. 2.5 YR 5/6, red (tone). Blue paint residue on the headdress, back of the head, right leg, right forearm, back and below the centre apron. Red paint residue on the feet, the forearms, on the hip belt at the top right and on the underside of the plinth. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: E Pose: Seated. Right hand on right knee, left hand on right foot. Legs crossed. Clothing: Headdress, "berry"-like (see figure 156, subgroup B 3). Waist belt wide, with apron in the centre. The belt extends up to the elbows. Jewellery: face pendant with two small, round extensions on the chest and a round bump on the left shoulder indicate a former pearl necklace. Remarks: Partially chipped surface. Left eye damaged. Object with fringed decoration (?) below the legs, seat (?). A hole in the front. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Depth: 16 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 44686

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Mexico
    Jaina
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Florentino Jimeno - Collectors
    Stolper Galleries (Robert L. Stolper) - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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