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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 6/5, light brown/reddish yellow. Production technique: Press mould Function: Pipe Type: Tripod A Pose: Standing. Depiction of a bird with a long beak and large round eyes. Clothing: Jewellery: Ear pegs. Round hump in the centre of the forehead Remarks: The body is partially decorated with horizontal lines and dots to the left and right of the beak. The head is damaged on the left and right. Provenance: Jonuta Back: The entire back is decorated with notches (see Volume 1, Appendix 10.3.6c). These indentations depict a figure with a headdress, almond-shaped eyes, unfinished arms and feet. She wears a waist belt or waist skirt decorated with small squares. Further indentations can also be observed, but these represent unclear or unrecognisable motifs. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 12 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 5210

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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