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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 6.5/4, pink/light brown. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: Tripod A Pose: Standing. Arms at the sides of the body. The thumbs of the hands splayed inwards. Clothing: Diagonal shawl, with "T"-shaped decorated hem. Skirt, hem decorated with triangles at the bottom. Jewellery: double earrings. Choker with face pendant. The upper lip of the depicted face is pointed and protrudes over the lower lip. Beaded bracelets in two rows, bordered at the top and bottom. Remarks: U-shaped hairstyle with centre parting and vertical and horizontal depiction of the hair. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 14,5 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Width: 6,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4845

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Late Classical
    where
    Mexico
    Yucatán
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Florentino Jimeno - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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