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Goddess with the pearl turban

The figurine vessel shows a woman sitting with her legs crossed. She is wearing the eponymous turban, ear plugs, a necklace over a shoulder collar and a wrap-around skirt. The slanted eyes and the pulled-back upper lip are striking, so that the teeth are clearly visible. The goddess became famous when she appeared on a Deutsche Bundespost Berlin stamp in 1984. At the end of the 1980s, thermoluminescence investigations by the Rathgen research laboratory revealed that this vessel was a forgery. (A. Nicklisch 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Clay vessel (forgery)
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 38,7 x 28,5 x 21,5 cm
Gewicht: 5,36 kg
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 35278

Provenance and sources

when
not datable, not authentic
where
Mexico

who
Eduard und Caecilie Seler - Collectors

Description
Donation from Seler, Eduard and Caecilie 1912

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