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Whistle600–900 CE

Not on view
Small terracotta sculpture of a seated figure with an elaborate headdress, holding a staff with an axe-like blade to the left and a cylindrical object to the right

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

Title
Whistle
Culture
Veracruz
Place Made
Mexico, Veracruz
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
LE Inventory: 9 × 7 7/8 × 4 5/16 in. (22.8 × 20 × 11 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1998.209.37
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas

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