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Clay figure

Colour: 5 YR 8/2, pinkish white (cover); 5 YR 7/6, reddish yellow (tone, back). Production technique: Press mould Function: Pipe Type: D Pose: Standing. The arms along the body. The man's face looks out of the throat of a large animal mask. Head turned slightly to the right. Clothing: Animal mask, with pointed snout and large ears. Upper body naked. Waist belt wide, consisting of five rows of semi-circular "discs", four on top of each other. Eight wide strips protrude from under the belt. Jewellery: Forehead pendant, broad oval. Small round bead on the root of the nose. Single-row pearl necklace. The pearl necklace is only recognisable to the left and right of the lower jaw. Remarks: Only the front has a white colour. The back is reddish-yellow in colour. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 18 x 9,8 x 5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4816

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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