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Warrior Figurine with Removable Headdress

600–900

Mexico, Yucatán, Jaina Island region, Campeche, Maya style

(250-900)
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Medium
earthenware with pigment
Measurements
Overall: 26.1 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund 1963.93
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Location
233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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Maya blue pigment was made by combining clay with indigo in a complex technique developed around the ninth century.

Description

The major offerings placed in the Maya graves of Jaina Island were ceramic figurines, some of Mesoamerica's finest, that depict deities and humans in a variety of roles. This warrior, his headdress removable, once probably held weapons and wears either quilted cotton armor or the feathered uniform of a military order. We don't know why such figures are often pot-bellied.
A light brown earthenware statue depicts a standing warrior with indigo pigment on the feathered armor that covers their legs, arms, potbelly, and center of their helmet, before it flares out into finlike constructions on either side. They stand, legs hip-width apart, with their right hand held up and left hanging by their side. A wrap encircles their waist and a collar their shoulders. They look at us, mouth slightly open and bulbous earring hanging from their left ear.

Warrior Figurine with Removable Headdress

600–900

Mexico, Yucatán, Jaina Island region, Campeche, Maya style (250-900)

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