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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 6/2, light grey-brown. Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Type: - Pose: On a cube-like base, the upper part of which runs diagonally from front to back, there is a depiction of a creature with a wide open maw from which a human head is peering out. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a mask with a feathered cap. The feathers on the left, right and centre protrude further than the rest. Triangular pendants to the left and right of the throat, partly covering the outer row of beads. T-shaped elevation on the slant, decorated with horizontal and vertical lines. Jewellery: ear studs. Three-row bead necklace with face pendants, to each of which three further small pairs are attached at the bottom. Remarks: The cube-like base is 5 cm high at the front, 10 cm high at the back and 7 cm wide in total. Damaged and glued around the maw. Teeth are recognisable on the upper and lower jaw of the creature. Provenance: Jalton (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Depth: 19 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4875

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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