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Clay figure

Colour: 2.5 Y 6.5/3, olive-yellow. Production technique: Hand-modelled, pressed model, applications. Function: Pipe type: C Pose: Seated. Man sitting on a small, round pedestal, which once had three openings. However, only the front one is still preserved. The pedestal is open at the bottom. His feet are resting on the ground, his hands on his knees. Clothing: Headdress consisting of lamellae arranged in seven columns and four rows. In the lowest row, in the centre, a round disc with a dot on it. Around this arrangement a thin and smooth border. Narrow waist belt, trapezoidal apron in the centre. Jewellery: ear stakes. Remarks: Figure hand-modelled, head moulded, ear plugs appliqué. Figure heavily damaged and glued. Formerly also with a chain. Pedestal broken off at the back, figure no longer standing on its own. Headdress cf. figure 52 from the subgroup (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 12,5 x 6,5 x 6,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 5021

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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