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

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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