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Clay figure

Colour: 5 YR 4/1. grey-black, right; 5 YR 7/4, pink, left. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: B Pose: Sitting, short arms bent, hands on stomach. Stout fat man. Short legs, the soles of the feet are turned towards each other. Clothing: Headdress, "berry"-like, two ribbons or feathers at the bottom left and right. Upper body naked. Waist belt wide, with apron in the centre. Jewellery: Nose bridge. Earrings. Rectangular breast pendant. There are no remains of a necklace. Remarks: Traces of smoke on the right half of the body. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 6,5 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Width: 4,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4888

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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