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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 8/1, white; 10 YR 7/3 very pale brown (clay). Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Limbless. Clothing: Short shawl in front, rounded and decorated with ornaments and geometric patterns. Petticoat with sewn-on, wide hem, decorated with circles and angular patterns. Underneath, in the centre and on the left and right, three panels with incisions. Cloverleaf-like ornamentation between the hem and armpits. Jewellery: Earrings. Double-row pearl necklace with double pompom pendant. Remarks: Pageboy hairstyle with vertical hair. A horizontal and a vertical groove divides the hairstyle into three sections. Very well preserved. The decorations on the shawl and petticoat are the same as on figure 83 from subgroup C 5b. Two round holes at shoulder and hip height. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 13,5 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4727

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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