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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7/6, yellow. Red to grey-brown paint residues distributed on the body, especially in the recesses of the headdress. Production technique: Hand modelled, pressed model. Function: - Type: - Pose: Standing Clothing: Headdress, runs around the entire head and probably consists of feathers and ribbons forming bows and floral elements (cf. figure no. 54-4790). No clothing is recognisable. Jewellery: Remains of ear jewellery can be vaguely discerned. Remarks: Figure very badly weathered and damaged. Arms missing. Head modelled, flat at the back. A hole in the base, a notch 1.5 cm long and 0.5 cm wide at the back. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 12,8 x 7 x 4,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4789

Provenance and sources

where
Mexico
Yucatán [Gebiet]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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