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Colour: 10 R 6/4 pale red. Waistcloth and apron, except for a wide hem, blue. Production technique: Hand-modelled Function: Pipe Type: C Pose: Standing. Person stands with slightly tilted head and slightly spread legs. Arms crossed in front of the stomach. Clothing: Headdress, consisting of eight rolls approx. 8 mm long, fanning out to the left and right from a wider and flatter roll (with a small hole in the centre) to just above the temples. At the back they were probably once connected with a knot, which is damaged. Upper body naked. Waistcloth, with a long apron falling to the ground. Jewellery: nose bridge. Facial decoration on the right cheek in the form of small dots forming a volute. Single-row pearl necklace with an oval pendant with three small, round pearls at the bottom. The necklace is knotted at the back by the strings of beads. Remarks: Figure damaged at the ears, formerly ear jewellery, at the back and top of the head. (Sambale 2003)

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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 17,1 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Width: 6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4951

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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