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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7/6, yellow. Reddish colour residues distributed on the figure. Production technique: Hand-modelled Function: - Type: - Pose: Seated. Arms bent with large hands resting on the chest. Legs thin and bent. Clothing: Waist belt, narrow. Jewellery: Earrings. Bracelets, indicated by reddish coloured grooves on the wrist. Remarks: Right arm missing. Large head with large pointed nose and double-framed eyes. Mouth with a narrow slit. On the head, along an imaginary centre parting, three rounded humps. After the third hump, in the nape area, an elongated notch. To the left and right of the back of the head a round disc with a band pointing downwards. A hole in the base. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Höhe: 16 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4797

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Gebiet]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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