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Clay figure

Colour: 2.5 YR 8/2, pink-white; 2.5 R 7/3, pale red (clay). Production technique: moulded model Function: - Pose: standing. Arms raised. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a crescent-shaped disc with nine vertical ridges in the centre, directly above the head. Shoulder scarf short in front, rounded. Petticoat with sewn-on hem, decorated. A narrow hem underneath. Jewellery: ear studs. Double-row pearl necklace with double pompom pendant. Pearl bracelet on the right, double row. Remarks: Pageboy hairstyle. Rectangular eyes. Right arm with hand missing. Heavily weathered. One hole in the front. (Sambale 2003)

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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 16,2 cm
Depth: 4,8 cm
Width: 11,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4737

Provenance and sources

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

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