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

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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