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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7.5/4, pink. Production technique: Moulding model, application. Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms raised. Clothing: Headdress, consisting of a thick, round bow that rests in the centre of the head. Upper body naked. Hip belt wide, decorated with vertical grooved "plates" that run to the left and right, one on top of the other. Skirt. Jewellery: ear discs. Single-row pearl necklace with double pompom pendant. Bracelets. Ankle bracelet. Remarks: Pageboy hairstyle. Headdress and ear disc appliqués. s. Figure 96, 85 and chapter 5.3.7, volume I. The figure appears to have been made as a replica for museum purposes. A hole in the base. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 15,8 x 10,5 x 5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4724

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Gebiet]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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