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Identifier: TP.2022.J.15
title: Figurine of a Defiant Bound Capitive
Type: figurines
name: Unknown
producer: modelers
has culture: Maya (culture or style)
date created: ca. 600–800 CE
has style period: Late Classic
location of: Isla Jaina; Yucatan; Campeche; México
has technique: molding (forming); sculpting
material: earthenware See all items with this value
area: 7.7 x 3.1 x 3 in (19.5 x 8 x 7.6 cm)
description: "Bound arms and nudity indicate that this figure is a captive; a well-nourished belly and calm countenance point to his status as a noble, and thus prized, prisoner. Vacant holes in the ears may have held simple white paper strips, a common adornment of Maya captives prepared for sacrifice. His missing lower legs and genitalia, as well as his bashed and broken nose, perhaps signal mutilation and torture. The figure may once have sported hair made of perishable material, which would have been attached to the recesses on the head."

—Princeton University Art Museum
Subject: ceramic ware (visual works) See all items with this value; Males See all items with this value; Nobility See all items with this value
Rights: See all items with this value
Access Rights: Gift of Gillett G. Griffin, Princeton University Art Museum
Source: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/41991