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Moon goddess

Colour: 10 YR 7/2.5, light grey / pale brown. Yellow colour residues on the headdress, neck, forehead and foot. Production technique: Moulded model Function: - Pose: Standing, arms in front of the body, holding a fan in the right hand. Clothing: Headdress, consisting of a basket-like structure, with elongated bands and round, perforated discs, both decorated with lines or dots. Shoulder cape, long at the back, not clearly defined at the front, cut wide at the top. Petticoat with sewn-on hem at the bottom. Jewellery: ear studs. Double-row pearl necklace with face pendant. Pearl bracelets, three rows. Remarks: A white coating is visible under the yellow colour. The colour of the clay on the back is light red-orange. Two holes in the front, one hole in the base, two holes in the back. (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 20,8 x 10 x 5,9 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4853

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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