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Clay figure

Colour: 19 YR 5/2, grey-brown. Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing, arms in front of the body. The hands hold a round object with two ribbons (mirror, shield?). Clothing: Headdress consisting of a crescent-shaped bead with vertical notches. Shoulder cape, long at the back, ambiguous at the front and top. Petticoat. Jewellery: ear plugs. Nose bridge. Single-row pearl necklace with double pendant. Pearl bracelets, double row. Remarks: Surface of the headdress weathered. One hole in the base, two holes in the back. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 9,5 cm
Depth: 3,5 cm
Width: 5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4831

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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