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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 6/4, light brown (front); 5 YR 6/4, light, reddish brown (back). Production technique: moulded model, appliqués. Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms raised, merging seamlessly with the body. Only slight indication of the elbows, hands indistinctly visible behind the hair falling to the side. Clothing: Petticoat, with tiered hem just above the lower edge. Jewellery: ear studs. Single-row pearl necklace made of rectangular pearls with a pompom pendant. Five-row pearl bracelets. U-shaped forehead pendant. Remarks: Raised head with long, vertically depicted hair. Face decoration made of small round clay plates that were added later. Two holes in the front, one hole in the base, two holes in the back. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 17,7 x 9 x 4,8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4863

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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