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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 6/2, light brown-grey. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Whistle, rattle. Type: F Pose: Standing, big belly. Arms on body, hands on hip belt. Clothing: Headband. Garment that covers the whole body and overlaps at the shoulders. Has individual stripes with dotted decoration along the length. Short breast cloth with grooved decoration. Waist belt with apron in the centre. Jewellery: ear stakes Remarks: The face is that of an animal, or a mask. Seen in profile, there is an excessive difference in height and open space between the headband and the eyebrows. Perhaps this indicates a mask. The "wisps" pointing to the left and right above the headband are seen here as hair. Two notches at the back. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 13 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4809

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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