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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 4/2, dark brown-grey. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe type: B Pose: Standing. Arms and hands not shown. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a three-part feather ornament with a pre-faded, torn open maw of an animal. Long cloak with rectangular breast flap, decorated with diagonal grooves forming squares. Two U-shaped cut-outs at the hem of the cape. On the left a pointed object pointing downwards, on the right the same object pointing upwards. No recognisable waist belt, but apron in the middle. Jewellery: ear studs. Cheek ornament. Neck or chin ruff leading to the ears on the left and right. Single-row pearl necklace with pendant. Remarks: Nose damaged. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Depth: 13,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4819

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Late Classical
    where
    Mexico
    Yucatán
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Florentino Jimeno - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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