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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7/3, very pale brown. Blue colour residues on the neck, ear and arm jewellery, and in the area of the legs and feet. Production technique: Moulding, appliqués Function: Pipe Type: Tripod A Pose: Seated. Right hand on right knee, left arm bent in front of the upper body. Palm of the left hand facing outwards, fingers bent except for the thumb. Legs crossed. Clothing: petticoat Jewellery: earrings. Forehead pendant. Choker, ribbed, with broad oval pendant. Pearl bracelets, four rows. Remarks: Hair on the back, ear and neck jewellery and the right foot are appliqués. The left ear peg and the left foot are missing. Pendant slightly damaged. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 13,5 cm
Depth: 6,5 cm
Width: 13,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4968

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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