Female Figure Effigy Whistle

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CultureMaya

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Female Figure Effigy Whistle

Date700–900 AD

Possible placeGuatemala, Mesoamerica

Possible placeMexico, Mesoamerica

MediumEarthenware with traces of pigment

Dimensions7 1/2 × 2 15/16 × 3 in. (19.1 × 7.5 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll

Object number2016.107

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

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Art of the Indigenous Americas

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CERAMICS

Provenance[Edward H. Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 1968–1987]; [Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 1987–1995]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, October 2, 1995; gift to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2016
Exhibition HistoryThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on loan, January 28, 2004–August 17, 2009.

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