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Clay figure

Colour: 6.25 YR 5.5/6, yellowish red. Production technique: Press mould Function: Pipe Type: E Pose: Standing, the short arms bent against the body, hands on the big belly. Compact, fat man with short legs, slightly bent at the knees. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a headband and feathers (?). Upper body naked. Waist belt wide, with double apron in the centre. An object attached to the belt on the right. Jewellery: earrings, angular. Rectangular chest with two drilled holes. There are no remains of a necklace. Remarks: Traces of smoke on the face and distributed over the body. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 9 cm
Depth: 3,1 cm
Width: 4,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4900

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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