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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 6.5/4, light brown/pink. White colour residues on the back of the head, ear discs, hips and apron. Production technique: Press mould, applications. Function: Pipe Type: A Pose: Seated. Left hand on left knee, right hand resting on the apron. Right leg crossed in front of the left. The man has a hump. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a bonnet-shaped hat with a diagonal ribbed band. Upper body naked. Hip skirt with apron in the centre. The ends of a knot at the back left and right. Jewellery: ear discs, breast pendant. Remarks: Deformed chest and hump. The headdress, the ear discs and the breast pendant are appliqués. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 7,5 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Width: 4,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4919

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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