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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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Cataloguing data

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

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    600 - 900
    where
    Mexico
    Yucatán
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Florentino Jimeno - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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