Figural rattle ·  Mexico, Maya, Jaina Island · ID: 3038624

Description

fired red-orange clay, remains of red paint and white pigment, hollow, kernels for rattling inside, two drilled holes on front and backside, wearing jaguar whiskers on the face, heavily adorned with jewelry and decorative cloth, handwritten old collection numbers “OW 610” and “2PU 15” at the bottom and on the backside, slightly dam. (nose, foot tips);
Jaina is an island off the coast of Campeche, and the location of many primary and secundary burials. Most clay sculptures can be regarded as funerary offerings.

The object Figural rattle with the object ID 3038624 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 101 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

Leyenaar, Ted u.a., Von Küste zu Küste, o.O. 1992, p. 355