Seated Male Effigy Whistle

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

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

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CERAMICS

ProvenanceCedric "Duke" Marks (1904–1999) and Theresa "Daisy" Marks (1907–2002), New York, by at least early-1970s [1]; purchased by [Edward H. Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, early–1970s]; Curtis Katz, New York, 1970s–1985; [Edward H. Merrin, Inc., New York, 1985–86]; 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.
Published References Schildkraut, Linda. Precolumbian Masterpieces - Mexico, Peru, Central America; American Indian. New York: Edward H. Merrin Gallery, Inc., 1985. Page 25, figure 31. MFAH Bulletin, Fall 1989, Vol. XIII, No. 1. The Private Eye. Page 100. Stuart, George and Gene. Lost Kingdoms of the Maya. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1993. Page 110. Kerr, Justin. "Maya Vase Database." File K2661A. http://research.mayavase.com/portfolio_hires.php?search=*Jaina*&date_added=&image=2661A&display=8&rowstart=8, file no. 2661A (added on August 31, 2012, but photographed in February 1985). Kerr, Justin. "Maya Vase Database." File K2661A. http://research.mayavase.com/portfolio_hires.php?search=*Jaina*&date_added=&image=2661B&display=8&rowstart=8 (added on August 31, 2012, but photographed in February 1985). Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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