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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 6/4 light brown. 10 R 6/6, light red (clay). Production technique: Press mould Function: Pipe Type: A Pose: Sitting, arms crossed in front of the torso. The right leg crossed over an imaginary left leg. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a thick, curved bead that falls on the right side, then narrows slightly, to the shoulder. Horizontally grooved there. Jewellery: ear discs. Single-row pearl necklace. Remarks: Figure weathered. Traces of smoke on headdress, arms, right knee and right side. Damaged. No feet present. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 10 x 3 x 4,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4912

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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