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Dwarf

Colour: 8.75 YR 6.5/4, pink / light, yellowish brown. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: B Pose: Sitting, the short legs pushed forwards. Feet are only partially recognisable. The short arms are bent against the body, the hands on the hip belt. Compact, fat man with short legs. Knees slightly bent. Clothing: upper body naked. Waist belt wide, with apron in the centre. Jewellery: - Remarks: Damage to left shoulder and upper arm, left and right foot and toes, back of head and face. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 6,5 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Width: 4,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4898

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Late Classical
    where
    Mexico
    Yucatán
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Florentino Jimeno - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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