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Figural Whistle with Triple Chambers

CultureMaya
OriginPalenque region, Guatemala
PeriodLate Classic Period (600-850 CE)
Date600-800
MediumEarthenware with post-fire pigment Maya Blue stucco
DimensionsOverall: 26 x 11.3 x 10 cm (10 1/4 x 4 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
DescriptionMaya whistle figure, Late Classic period, with the head and shoulders of a human figure wearing a beaded headdress, jewellery, and a tasselled shirt (?). The front draped on top of the front pipe, decorated with applied beads and projections. Traces of blue and buff pigment.


Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.106
Classifications
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
On view
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