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Dwarf

Colour: 5 YR 5.5/4, reddish brown/light reddish brown. Blue colour residue to the right and left of the discs on the headband. Manufacturing technique: Press mould, applications. Function: Pipe Type: A Pose: Standing, the strongly bent arms against the body, the hands on the hip belt at the top. Compact fat man with short legs, bent at the knees. Clothing: Headband with two round discs on the left and right, with two round holes in the centre. Upper body naked. Wide waist belt with apron in the centre. Jewellery: banana-shaped earrings. A thick, roundish pendant on the chest. Remains of a necklace are not recognisable. Remarks: Slices of the headband, the ear jewellery and the breast pendant are appliqués. Very good condition. A hole in the base. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Weight: 0,083 kg
Height: 9,2 cm
Depth: 4,2 cm
Width: 5,1 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4890

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Late Classical
    where
    Mexico
    Yucatán
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Florentino Jimeno - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    from Jimeno (Yucatan) 1881
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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