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Clay figure

Colour: ? Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Type: - Pose: Standing. The right arm raised. The right hand has a round groove in which a roundish object once lay. The left arm is bent and raised between the chest and shoulder. A roundish object could also be carried in the left hand. Clothing: Padded (?) garment covering the entire body, including the arms. The bottom is worked like a skirt. Decorated with vertical lines up to the hips and with individual rectangles running lengthwise up to the lower hem. Horizontally ribbed on the arms. Jewellery: earrings. Single-row necklace. Ankle bands. Remarks: Heavily weathered. Remains of the grey coating and some white paint can be seen in places, some red paint on the legs, sides and face. The light red body also shows through. The clay was pressed upwards between the feet and the feet were extended at the back. (Sambale 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Height: 17,8 cm
Depth: 5,5 cm
Width: 10 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4785

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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