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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7.5/1, light grey-white (front); 2.5 YR 7/6, light red, (back, clay). Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms raised. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a rectangular, rounded headdress. There is a rectangular recess above the left half of the head. Shoulder cloth, with long breast flaps at the front. Petticoat, with ornamentation in the form of trapezoids and dots and a narrow, ribbed hem. Jewellery: ear studs. Plate and strap necklace consisting of three individual straps threaded through three holes in a plate. There are three more holes on the other side of the plate, from which the straps emerge and continue to the next plate. Single-row bead necklace with double bobble pendant, necklace of round, perforated beads and long stem beads. Plate/strap bracelets. Comments: Pageboy hairstyle with vertical hair. Rectangular eyes. Very well preserved contours. One hole in the base. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 10,4 cm
Depth: 3,7 cm
Width: 7,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4771

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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