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Pair of clay figures

Colour: 5 YR 8/2 pink-white (remnants of the cover); 5 YR 6/4, light, reddish brown (tone). Production technique: moulded model, appliqué. Function: - Pose: Standing. The woman has her right arm on her hip, her left arm is around the man. The man has wrapped his right arm around the woman and thrown his head back. The right foot is bent, the left is on the floor. Clothing: She: shoulder cape long at the back, short at the front. Whether skirt or petticoat is not recognisable. Narrow hem. He: Narrow waist belt with short apron in the centre. Jewellery: She: Earrings. Single-row pearl necklace with double pompom pendant. Bracelet. He: Forelock? Earrings. Choker/necklace with two pearls. Remarks: The woman wears a pageboy hairstyle and has a round hole (Ø 0.8 cm) on her head. The arm that the man puts around the woman was added later on the back. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Pair of clay figures
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 11 x 10,7 x 5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4829

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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