Whistle
Artist
MEXICO-CLASSIC VERA CRUZ
Date600-900AD
MediumCeramic
ClassificationsSound Devices
Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1968.24.6
DescriptionTerra cotta whistle in the form of a person carrying a child on their left hip. The mouthpiece of the whistle serves as a third leg of the tripod. Modelling is by coils of clay applied to the body. The adult figure is wearing a headdress with chin strap, earrings, necklace, loin cloth, and shoes. The child is wearing a similar headdress, smaller earrings, and a cloak around its shoulders. The faces, legs and arms are painted black with bitumin, a petroleum derivative. (chapopote) Label on the back: Totanac-State of Vera Cruz Mexico D'arcy Gal. 1957.On View
Not on viewCollections
3rd century B.C.
