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Clay figure

Colour: 8/2 very pale brown (colour); 7.5 YR 6/8 reddish yellow (tone). Production technique: Press mould Function: Pipe Type: D Pose: Standing. Hands resting on the loins. Thick belly. Clothing: Headdress, consisting of a broad crown, topped by a conical covering that bends to the left at the top. Suit, covering arms and legs, tightly covered with transverse grooves running left and right. Narrow waist belt with an apron with a loop. Jewellery: ear stakes. Necklace with knotted cord. Remarks: Crooked mouth and face. Top of left foot and crotch damaged. (Sambale, 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 15,6 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4811

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Late Classical
    where
    Mexico
    Yucatán
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Florentino Jimeno - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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