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Whistle600–800 CE

Not on view
Ceramic sculpture of a seated figure with a helmet headdress, disk earspools, and traces of blue-green pigment, showing significant surface wear

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

Title
Whistle
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Mexico
Date Made
600–800 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1992.134.22
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.

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