Tomb guardian whistle, facing left, behind a huge shield
Tomb guardian whistle, facing left, behind a huge shield
Tomb guardian whistle, facing left, behind a huge shield
Tomb guardian whistle, facing left, behind a huge shield

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Tomb guardian whistle, facing left, behind a huge shield,

200 BCE–200 CE

Tuxcacuesco-Ortices
Late Formative Period
2016-1097

Information

Title
Tomb guardian whistle, facing left, behind a huge shield
Dates

200 BCE–200 CE

Medium
Ceramic with pigment
Dimensions
12.3 × 7.8 × 5.5 cm (4 13/16 × 3 1/16 × 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1097
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Colima, West Mexico

Culture
Colima
Period
Late Preclassic
Type
funerary art, ceramics, tombs, whistles, musical instruments
Materials
ceramic, pigment
Subject
figures (representations), men, shields (armor)

[Teochita Inc., owned by Francis Pratt (1913-2003)] [1]; purchased on Feburary 2 1966, by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [2]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016. [1] According to descriptions of "Colima figure with shield" in correspondence. [2] Griffin lent the work to Museum in 1966 (L.1966.192).

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