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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7/6, yellowish. Production technique: Hand modelled, pressed model. Function: - Type: - Pose: Standing. Head slightly stretched upwards. Arms bent in front of the body. Clothing: Headband, decorated with two rectangles, each containing two circles. Shoulder scarf, triangular. Waist belt, narrow. Hip skirt? Jewellery: ear studs. Remarks: Figure heavily weathered. Right arm missing from the shoulder. Impression preserved. Hair spilling out in thick strands over the headband. Large head with large pointed nose and double-framed eyes. Head modelled, flat at the back. 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 4796

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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