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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7.5/1, white/light grey. Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms raised. Clothing: Headdress, broken off on the left and right. Six drop-shaped formations are still recognisable, three on top of each other. Shawl short at the front, rounded and decorated with a wavy pattern. Skirt with two narrow hems. The lower one is ribbed. Jewellery: ear studs. Single-row pearl necklace with a perforated, drop-shaped pendant. Pearl bracelets, three rows. Remarks: Pageboy hairstyle. Eyes closed. The figure is damaged and glued at the hip. One sherd missing. Very thin body (" 1 mm). One hole in the base, one hole in the back. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 16 x 10,5 x 4,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4765

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Gebiet]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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