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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 7/2, light grey (coating); 5 YR 6/4, light reddish brown (tone). Blue colour residues on both earrings, the necklace and the pendant. Red colour residue on the right half of the face, the headdress, on the shoulder cloth in the chest area and on both hands. Production technique: moulded model, hand-modelled. Function: - Pose: Standing. Arms raised. Clothing: Headdress, consisting of a thick, round bow that rests in the centre of the head. Shoulder cape, long at the back, rounded at the front. Decorated with a dot pattern on the inside. Petticoat with a narrow hem. Jewellery: earrings. Single-row pearl necklace with pompom pendant. Remarks: Pageboy hairstyle. Eyes highlighted in white. Fingers very thick. The arched headdress was modelled by hand. It is not recognisable whether it was added later. A hole in the base. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 21,4 cm
Depth: 7 cm
Width: 15,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4723

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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