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Figurine Whistle of a Young Woman and a Baby600–900 CE

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Small ceramic sculpture of a seated figure with closed eyes and an elaborate headdress, cradling a smaller figure against the chest, in sandy gray-tan clay with blue-gray patches
Earthenware figure of a seated woman shown in three-quarter view, wearing layered robes, with an elaborate topknot hairstyle surmounted by a small round vessel; unglazed tan clay with traces of gray pigment.
Ceramic figurine of a seated figure with an elaborately coiled hairstyle adorned with small circular ornaments, wearing a necklace, holding a smaller figure in the lap, with traces of blue-green pigment at the base.
Title
Figurine Whistle of a Young Woman and a Baby
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Northern Guatemala or Southeastern Mexico
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Ceramic with post-fire pigment
Dimensions
7 × 3 1/3 × 3 in. (17.78 × 8.38 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.705
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.