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Dwarf

Colour: 7.5 YR 5/3, brown. Production technique: Moulding, applications. Function: Pipe Type: A Pose: Standing, the strongly bent arms against the body, the hands on the hip belt at the top, stout man with short legs, bent at the knees. Clothing: Headband with three round discs with round holes in the centre. Upper body naked. Wide waist belt with double apron in the centre. Jewellery: - Remarks: Discs of the headband are appliqués. Very good condition. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Weight: 0,081 kg
Height: 10 cm
Depth: 4,2 cm
Width: 5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4893

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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