Figural Whistle with Triple Chambers
Artist
Unknown Artist
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 AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
550-850
Object number: G83.1.124a-b
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
650-750
Object number: G83.1.128
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
500-800
Object number: G83.1.79
