Dwarf Figurine Whistle

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Dwarf Figurine Whistle

Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Campeche, probably Jaina Island, Maya, 600–800 CE
Ceramics
Ceramic with red and white pigment
3 1/2 × 2 × 2 in. (8.89 × 5.08 × 5.08 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (AC1992.134.21)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Reents-Budet, Dorie.  Painting the Maya Universe:  Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period.  Durham:  Duke University Press, 1994.

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.