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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 7/6, reddish yellow. Production technique: Press mould Function: Pipe Type: Tripod A Pose: Standing, right arm at the side of the body, left arm bent and raised. The palm of the left hand points forwards, the thumb splayed inwards. Clothing: Diagonal shawl (?) with narrow hem. Skirt decorated with diagonal incisions (fringes?) at the top and bottom. Jewellery: double earrings. Necklace with two round beads in the centre. Remarks: U-shaped coiffure with horizontal and vertical depiction of the hair. Figure heavily weathered and damaged. Chipped and glued in the lower area. Face unrecognisable. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 13,5 cm
Depth: 3,8 cm
Width: 5,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4844

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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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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