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Clay figure

Colour: 7.5 YR 6/4, light brown. Red colour residue on the upper part of the standard. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe type: D (left) Pose: Standing. Right arm and hand holding a kind of standard. Left arm slightly bent at the body. Left hand on the side apron. The right hand is more realistic than the left. Clothing: Headdress consisting of a cushion-shaped attachment with inserted dots. A ribbed band across it. Behind it a rectangular attachment, on the left a smaller attachment. Naked upper body. Waist belt with two straps at the sides and one in the centre. Sandals with Y-shaped knot binding. Jewellery: ear studs. Necklace with round pendant, pierced in the centre. Remarks: Standard decorated with irregular bars and round and square dots. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 13 cm
Depth: 3,7 cm
Width: 6,8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4778

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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