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Dwarf Figurine Whistle600–800 CE

Not on view
Small pre-Columbian ceramic figure of a seated human wearing a large bird headdress, with disk ear ornaments and rough ochre surface

Unknown, Dwarf Figurine Whistle, 600–800 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Dwarf Figurine Whistle
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Campeche, probably Jaina Island
Date Made
600–800 CE
Medium
Ceramic with red and white pigment
Dimensions
3 1/2 × 2 × 2 in. (8.89 × 5.08 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1992.134.21
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie. Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period. Durham: Duke University Press, 1994.

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.