Dancer-musician Figural Whistle
Artist
Maya artist(s)
CultureMaya
OriginHighlands, Guatemala
PeriodLate Classic Period (600-850 CE)
Date600-800
MediumEarthenware, red pigment, black pigment, "Maya blue" pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 21 x 12.2 x 5.2 cm (8 1/4 x 4 13/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
DescriptionMaya dancer-musician flute figure, Late Classic period, playing a flattened drum held against his left shoulder. He is wearing loin-cloth with incised sash, leg bands, rope work necklace with ferocious avial projecting across his shoulder, and crested and plumed headdress. There are remains of blue and red pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.130
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Zacatecas artist(s)
200-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.16.1-.2
Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
650-750
Object number: G83.1.126
Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
650-750
Object number: G83.1.128
Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
650-750
Object number: G83.1.113