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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 8/1, white (cover);10 YR 7/4, very pale brown (tone); 7.5 YR 7/4, pink (back, on the right hand, in the hair on the right and along the headdress). Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms raised. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a broad oval disc in the centre, set with a round bead (?). Three "plate-like" formations with horizontal grooves run from the disc to the left and right. Shoulder cape, long at the back, rounded at the front. Petticoat/skirt (?). Waist belt that looks similar to the headdress. Jewellery: earrings. Single-row pearl necklace with double pompom pendant. Beaded bracelets, double row. Remarks: Pageboy hairstyle with vertical hair to the sides. One hole in the base. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 16,1 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Width: 11,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4758

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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