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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 6.5/2, light grey/light brown; 10 YR 7/6, yellow (clay). White colour residues distributed on the figure. Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Type: - Pose: Seated, with legs crossed on a round pedestal. The hands on the knees. Half of the feet are still sticking out to the left and right of the apron. Clothing: Headdress, over a horizontal band a towering mask showing the eyes and a long nose of a non-human being. Above it, to the left and right, a feather bar. Shoulder cape, long at the back, with long, rectangular breast flaps and wide falling shoulder pieces, decorated with a chequered pattern. The ends of the fabric are covered with a fringed hem. A wide apron appears under the breast flap. Side aprons to the left and right of the knees. Jewellery: ear studs. Double-row pearl necklace with large pearls. Tongue-shaped pendant on the chin (beard?). Remarks: The pedestal is hollow inside and pierced three times in a rectangular shape between the lower ring and the upper seat platform. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 15,1 x 6 x 5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4780

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Gebiet]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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