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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 7/8, reddish yellow (tone). 6.25 YR 5/5, reddish brown (surface). Red colour (7.5 R 4/6) on the face, neck and left foot. Production technique: Press mould, applications. Function: Pipe Type: Tripod A Pose: Seated. Right hand on right knee, left arm bent in front of the body, left hand resting on the stomach. Clothing: Headdress, consisting of a band of cloth that has been folded over once and fixed in the centre. Petticoat. Jewellery: ear stakes. Necklace with two disc-shaped pendants. Pearl bracelets, three rows. Remarks: The headdress, the neck and ear jewellery and the left foot are appliqués. Right foot missing. Figure damaged and glued diagonally. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Depth: 16,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4966

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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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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