Flute with Woman and Shaman dressed as Feathered Reptile

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CultureClassic Veracruz

Titles

Flute with Woman and Shaman dressed as Feathered Reptile

Date600–900 AD

PlaceMexico

MediumEarthenware with traces of paint

Dimensions5 × 7 7/8 × 11 1/2 in. (12.7 × 20.1 × 29.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll

Object number2015.291

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

ProvenanceRobert Huber and Marianne Huber, Dixon, IL, 1960s–2008; sold through [Huber Primitive Art, Dixon, IL]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, May 22, 2008–2015; given to MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition HistoryThe Lind Gallery, Rockford, Illinois, 1971.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on loan, May 11, 2005–August 26, 2014; March 27, 2015–December 14, 2015, when accessioned as gift.

“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Label on bottom: 179
Label on bottom: HC / 3

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