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
On view
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
[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.
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325–150 BC
Terracotta with slip and traces of polychrome paint
37.14
500–470 BC
Terracotta with slip and traces of polychrome paint
37.16