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Collections

Embracing Couple Figurine-Whistle600–900 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries
Small Pre-Columbian ceramic sculpture of two seated figures fused together, reddish-brown clay with patches of turquoise pigment, each with distinct headdress and facial detailing

Unknown, Couple in the Form of a Whistle, 600–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Embracing Couple Figurine-Whistle
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Campeche, Jaina Island
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Earthenware with postfire pigment
Dimensions
6 1/4 × 4 × 4 in. (15.88 × 10.16 × 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
M.86.311.4
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected 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.