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Clay figure

Colour: 3.75 YR 5/4, red/red-brown. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: B Pose: Seated, legs and feet not visible. Hands outside right and left, lying on the "knees" (?). Clothing: Headdress consisting of two rows of rectangular plates arranged in a radial pattern around the head. A small tuft of hair/feathers sticks out on the right, on the left it is broken off. Jewellery: ear studs. Two-row bead necklace made of small square and long square beads. Remarks: Left hand damaged. The figure's body is very flat when seen in profile. Only towards the centre is it pulled backwards to form a pipe mouthpiece. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 9,5 x 5 x 4,1 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4958

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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