Unknown Central and South American
Seated Male Effigy Whistle

Seated Male Effigy Whistle

Public Domain

Seated Male Effigy Whistle
Artist
CultureMaya (Jaina Style)
Titles
  • Seated Male Effigy Whistle
Date600–900 AD
Possible placeMexico
Possible placeGuatemala
MediumEarthenware with traces of polychrome pigment
Dimensions6 7/8 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (17.5 × 8.9 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2014.80
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceCedric "Duke" Marks (1904–1999) and Theresa "Daisy" Marks (1907–2002), New York, by at least early-1970s–1972 [1]; purchased by [Edward H. Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, early-1970s–1986]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, February 3, 1986–2014; given to MFAH, 2014.

[1] See "Unlikely Couple to Write First Play," New York Times, September 8, 1962.
Exhibition History"The Private Eye: Selected from Collections of Firends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" June 11-August 13, 1989, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on loan, January 28, 2004–September 18, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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