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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7/2, light grey. White colour residues distributed on the figure. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: D Pose: Standing. Arms at the sides of the body. Animal face/mask with short snout, full-length eyebrows. Clothing: Headdress/mask (?) The head appears to be covered with a kind of fabric. A protruding bulge marks the crown of the head. Short breastcloth of fringes/feathers (?), narrow waist belt decorated with small dots and apron with a fringed hem in the centre. Short horizontal lines on the sides of the arms (fringes/wing motifs?). Jewellery: choker. Remarks: Heavily weathered, rough feet. Hands not recognisable. Provenance: Jonuta (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 10,5 cm
Depth: 3 cm
Width: 6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4825

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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