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Collections

Whistle of Masked Figure with Shoulder Bag900–1600 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Small stone sculpture of a standing hybrid human-animal figure covered in dense geometric carved patterns, with rounded animal ears, a wide carved mouth, and a beaded necklace
Stone figure shown from the back, standing upright with arms at sides, covered in densely incised geometric and linear patterns across the headdress, shoulders, torso, and limbs; dark gray stone with weathered surface.
Title
Whistle of Masked Figure with Shoulder Bag
Culture
Tairona
Place Made
Colombia, Tairona
Date Made
900–1600 CE
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
3 3/4 × 2 3/16 × 1 1/4 in. (9.5 × 5.6 × 3.2 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.447
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas