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

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Jaina [Insel]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors
Stolper Galleries (Robert L. Stolper) - Former Possessors

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