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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 5.5/1.5, light grey-brown. Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms raised. Clothing: Naked upper body. Skirt, decorated with a meander pattern and chequered slashes. Jewellery: Earrings. Pearl bracelets, four rows. Remarks: Tiered hairstyle in front. Head slightly pulled upwards. Figure glued. Two holes at the front, two holes at the back. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 10,5 cm
Depth: 5,3 cm
Width: 8,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4768

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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