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Figurine Whistle Portraying a Couple600–900 CE

Not on view
Ceramic sculpture of two stacked human figures, the larger wearing a wide flat headdress with two upright projections, with traces of blue-green glaze on sandy gray clay
Ceramic figurine of a seated figure wearing a wide, flat headdress with turquoise pigment, holding a smaller figure in the lap; buff-colored clay with traces of blue-green pigment and circular ear ornaments visible.
Title
Figurine Whistle Portraying a Couple
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Northern Guatemala or Southeastern Mexico, possibly Campeche
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Ceramic with post-fire pigment
Dimensions
8 x 3 3/10 x 3 3/10 in. (20.32 x 8.382 x 8.382 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.571
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.