Couple in the Form of a Whistle

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Couple in the Form of a Whistle

Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Campeche, Jaina Island, Maya, 600–900 CE
Ceramics
Ceramic with postfire-applied pigment
6 1/4 × 4 × 4 in. (15.88 × 10.16 × 10.16 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (M.86.311.4)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Peterson, Jeanette Favrot. Sacred Gifts: Precolumbian Art and Creativity. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1994.
  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.