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Clay figure

Colour: 5 YR 6/4, light reddish brown. Manufacturing technique: Press mould Function: Whistle, rattle. Type: F Pose: Standing. Animal face or mask. Arms in front of the body. Left hand with palm facing outwards, fingers pointing upwards. Holding an object in the right hand. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a headband and a semi-cross-shaped crest. On the left and right it could consist of feathers. Tapering at the top. Headband decorated with dots. Short breast scarf with dot and groove decoration. Thick belt decorated with diagonal grooves, apron in the centre. An object decorated with diagonal lines under the right arm. Jewellery: Single-row pearl necklace. Remarks: Inscription on the back of the head: "Jaina - Agosto-1866". Provenance: Jaina (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 18,5 x 8,5 x 5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4821

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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