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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 8/2, pink-white; 7.5 YR 7/2, pink-grey (lining); 5 YR 6/8, red-yellow (clay). Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a crescent-shaped disc with nine vertical ridges in the centre, directly above the head. Shawl short in front, rounded. Petticoat with sewn-on hem, decorated with diagonal lines and a dot pattern. A ribbed hem underneath. Jewellery: ear studs. Single-row pearl necklace with double pompom pendant. Comments: Pageboy hairstyle with vertical hair. Rectangular eyes. Very badly damaged. Arms missing, a glued break from above across the chest. A piece of clay missing in the chest area. One hole in the front, one hole in the base. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 14,7 cm
Depth: 4,6 cm
Width: 9,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4736

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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