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Clay figure

Colour: 5 YR 6/4, light reddish brown. Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms raised, merging seamlessly with the body. Only slight indication of the elbows, hands indistinctly visible behind the hair falling to the side. Clothing: Petticoat, with step-like hem just before the lower edge. Jewellery: ear studs. Double-row pearl necklace of round and elongated pearls, with double pompom pendant. Pearl bracelets, four rows. Forehead pendant below the centre skirt. Remarks: Hair depicted vertically. A horizontal groove above the step-like hair and a vertical groove on the raised head divides the hairstyle into three sections. Eyes subsequently incised. Cuts on the forehead and nose bear witness to slips. Two holes in the front, two holes in the back. (Sambale, 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 17,2 x 10 x 5,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4864

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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