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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 8/1, white; 7.5 YR 7/6, reddish-yellow (clay), 7.5 YR 7/3, pink (back). Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. The right arm on the body, the left is held over a sling with a small person in it (child?). Clothing: Headdress, consisting of a bundle, with a lacing in the shape of a horizontal "8". Shawl short in front, rounded and decorated. Petticoat decorated with meanders, narrow hem. The small person has a small tuft of hair or a small feather bar on the left side of the head. Jewellery: ear studs. Bracelets. The small person wears a necklace with a round pendant. Remarks: Heavily damaged and glued in the head area. Heavily weathered. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Höhe: 14,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4830

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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