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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 6/2, light brown-grey. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: Tripod B Pose: Standing, the short arms slightly bent at the body, hands over the hip belt. Compact, fat man with short legs, knees bent. Clothing: Headdress, "berry"-like (see figure 156, subgroup B 3 and figure 41, subgroup E 1). Upper body naked. Narrow waist belt with apron in the centre. Jewellery: earrings. Necklace. Remarks: Very heavily weathered. Left foot slightly damaged. Necklace cannot be clearly identified. Provenance: Jonuta (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 7,3 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Width: 4,1 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4887

Provenance and sources

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

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