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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7/4, very pale brown. Remains of dark red colour (2.5 YR 3/6) from a former painting. Production technique: Hand modelled, pressed model. Function: - Type: - Pose: Standing. Arms bent in front of the body, hands resting on the body. Clothing: Remains of a headdress with a bead and with ribbons and loops, indistinctly recognisable. No clothing is recognisable. Jewellery: ear pegs (?) Remarks: Figure very badly weathered. Head modelled, flat at the back. Large, pointed nose and large eyes. U-shaped indentation leading from the upper lip to the chin. A hole in the base. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 13,6 x 7 x 4,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4792

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Gebiet]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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