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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7/2, light grey. Manufacturing technique: Press mould, applications. Function: Pipe type: Tripod A Pose: Standing. Holding a shield in his left hand. Non-human representation of the face. Clothing: Ruff with vertical grooves. Wide waist belt, with apron in the centre. Remains of another piece of clothing that once covered the upper body and legs are still faintly recognisable. Jewellery: The shield is fringed (feathers?). Remarks: The feet are appliqués. The right arm, which no longer exists, was also an appliqué. Figure generally heavily weathered. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 11,5 x 5,5 x 4,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4807

Provenance and sources

when
600 - 900
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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