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

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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