Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery whistle in the form of a stylized figure that sits with delineated legs and a protruding mouthpiece on the verso. The bulbous figure has thick arms and a raised head with coffee-bean-shaped eyes and an ornate helmet. Whistle makes high-pitched sound when air is blown into the mouth hole along the back. Size: 2.875" W x 5" H (7.3 cm x 12.7 cm)

Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966

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#155234

  • Condition: Restoration to areas of helmet and applied facial features. Light encrustations and fading to pigmentation. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Whistle creates high-pitched sound when played.

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