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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 6.5/3, pink/light brown. Production technique: Press model Function: Pipe Type: E Pose: Sitting, right arm bent, right hand resting on the centre apron. The left hand rests on the left knee. The legs are crossed. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a raised, conical headdress with fringes overlapping from top to bottom. On the right an implied feather bar, missing on the left (broken off). Apron in the centre, a waist belt is not visible. Jewellery: beaded band, a band approx. 0.5 cm wide below the neck. It has six round, slightly deepened areas with traces of chipped clay. It is possible that "beads" were once attached later (?). Remarks: Figure weathered. Male due to the apron. Face with wrinkles, narrow lips. Depiction of an old man. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 8 x 5 x 4 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4873

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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