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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7/2, light grey. White colour residues all over. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: D Pose: Standing. Arms under the cloak. Hands at the side. Holding an object (bag?) in the right hand. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a beehive-like hat, hollow inside. In the centre six round discs, above a loop. Another disc on the table-like top. Shoulder cape open in the centre, consisting of three rows of feathers or leaves. Wide waist belt with a loop-like apron. Sandals with X-shaped knot binding. Jewellery: ear discs. Around the neck a thick, dew-like rope with a thick ball, from which four rods (?) protrude to the left and right. Remarks: Face heavily eroded. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Depth: 20 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4721

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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