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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 6/3, pale brown (front). 10 YR 3/1, dark grey to black (back). Blue colour remnants on the fabric band on the right below the breast cloth. Manufacturing technique: Press mould, appliqués Function: Whistle, rattle. Type: F Pose: Standing, with a big belly. Animal depiction with large ears and scale-like surface design on the front (feathers?). Clothing: Chest cloth, with fringed hem, with a kind of loop coming out from underneath on the left and a rectangular cloth band decorated with dots on the right. Waist belt, with rectangular centre section. Centre skirt with a recess and cross-shaped dot decoration at the bottom. Jewellery: - Remarks: Left ear and fringed hem are appliqués. The right ear, the arms and the feet are missing and were also appliqués. There are two holes 2 mm in diameter at the base of the left ear. Two separate hollow bodies inside. Elaborate reworking. A 3 cm long notch at the back. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 14 x 4,4 x 8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4808

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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