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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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Cataloguing data

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

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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