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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 6/6, red-yellow. Red colour residue (7.5 R 3/ 8) on the body, face and headband. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: E Pose: Seated. The person/creature sits on a low, rectangular plinth, the back of which is decorated to the height of the neck with a frame. Arms, legs and feet are not recognisable. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a feathered cap with a mask directly over the head. There is a stamp-shaped "crown" on the head of the mask. Short breastcloth decorated with small humps, underneath which rectangular sashes emerge from the sides decorated with dots. Jewellery: ear studs. Chin ornament. Remarks: The entire figure is crowned by the remains of a human figure. The arms raised sideways and the right ear peg can be recognised. Further decorative elements in the form of eyes are located next to the elbows. The rest is unfortunately badly damaged. On the pedestal, snakes(?) with small tufts of hair on their heads loll to the left and right of the person/creature. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 16,5 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4876

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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