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Previous articleNext article FreeAbout the CoversPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreFlorentino Jimeno assembled a vast collection of figurines from the Maya island of Jaina in the nineteenth century, which are now part of the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Jimeno’s collection includes examples of every major type of Jaina figurine known, including this couple, an old man and a young woman. Now located in many different collections, several examples of this pairing have been made from a single mold.—Mary MillerFront, back, inside front, and inside back covers: Jaina pair. Clay, 11.5 × 7.5 × 7.2 cm. Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ident.Nr. IV Ca 4942. Photos: Claudia Obrocki. © Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin–Preußischer Kulturbesitz.Molding is the common theme of a group of contributions to the present volume of Res, guest-edited by Stephen Houston and Mallory E. Matsumoto. Previous articleNext article DetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Res Volume 71-72Spring-Autumn 2019 Published in association with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/707342 © 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article

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