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Clay figure

Colour: 10 YR 8/2, very pale brown in front; 10 YR 7/ 3 pale brown behind. Remnants of blue colour on the right ear pendant, on the left choker, on the right wrist, on the right forearm, on the left elbow, on the spring bar and on the right toe. Production technique: Moulded model Function: Pipe Type: D Pose: Standing. Arms resting on the hips. The person is holding an elongated object under the right arm. Clothing: Headdress, consisting of a narrow feather bar, placed diagonally on the left half of the head. Upper body naked. Waist belt wide, with apron in the centre and at the sides. The belt and side aprons are decorated with horizontal grooves. Jewellery: choker with three oval inlays. Earrings, banana-shaped. A bead runs from the forehead to the centre of the head. Remarks: The eyes are heavily sunken (Sambale 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 13,3 x 9 x 5,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4818

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Yucatán [Region]
who
Maya

who
Florentino Jimeno - Collectors

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