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Clay figure

Colour: 8.75 YR 8/2, light grey/very pale brown. Blue colour residues on the apron at the bottom, on the right knee and leg as well as on the left and right of the rattle. Production technique: moulded model, appliqués. Function: Pipe Type: Tripod B Pose: Sitting, the right hand at the side of the right knee. Left arm bent. Left hand in front of the chest, palm facing outwards. The right hand holds a round object (rattle?). Clothing: Headdress consisting of a narrow headband with two preserved rectangular clay plates. Upper body naked. Waist belt (?) with knotted loop and ribbed apron in the centre. Jewellery: two forehead beads. Earrings. Single-row pearl necklace with double pompom pendant. Pearl bracelets, three rows. Remarks: Clay plates of the headdress are appliqués. Right foot missing. Animal face/mask. A seat is not recognisable. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Depth: 16 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4820

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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