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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 7/6 reddish yellow. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: Tripod A Pose: Standing, arms bent and raised. Clothing: Headband, with the head of a bird in the centre. Upper body naked. Skirt decorated with a thick fringed hem at the top and a narrow one at the bottom. A horizontal field decorated with triangles and dots above the lower hem. Jewellery: double earrings. Choker with face pendant. The upper lip of the depicted face tapers to a point and protrudes over the lower lip. Beaded bracelets, four rows. Remarks: Figure in very good condition. U-shaped hairstyle with vertical depiction of the hair. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 14,3 x 6,5 x 3,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4843

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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