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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 8/2, very pale brown (front); 5 YR 7/ 5 pink/reddish yellow (back, tone). Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms raised. Clothing: Headdress consisting of two superimposed bands with diagonal grooves (?). Diagonally above it another band decorated with dots. Shoulder cloth short in front, rounded and decorated. A small head with a long nose or beak is recognisable on the left. Petticoat with a wide hem. Jewellery: earrings. Single-row pearl necklace with double pompom pendant. Pearl bracelet on the left, three rows. Remarks: Mushroom-shaped hairstyle with centre parting and hair shown horizontally. The right shoulder and arm are missing. The wall thickness of the sherd is up to 4 mm on the back. In front only up to 2 mm. A hole in the base. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 16 cm
Depth: 5,5 cm
Width: 9,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4764

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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