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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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Cataloguing data

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

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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