Whistle in the form of a hunchback with a trophy head belt/clown with animal face mask covering his genitalia
Whistle in the form of a hunchback with a trophy head belt/clown with animal face mask covering his genitalia
Whistle in the form of a hunchback with a trophy head belt/clown with animal face mask covering his genitalia
Whistle in the form of a hunchback with a trophy head belt/clown with animal face mask covering his genitalia

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Whistle in the form of a hunchback with a trophy head belt/clown with animal face mask covering his genitalia,

200 BCE–200 CE

Late Formative Period
2016-1380

Information

Title
Whistle in the form of a hunchback with a trophy head belt/clown with animal face mask covering his genitalia
Dates

200 BCE–200 CE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
7.5 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm (2 15/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1380
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Colima, West Mexico

Culture
Colima
Period
Late Preclassic
Type
ceramics, whistles, musical instruments, figurines
Materials
ceramic
Subject
figures (representations)

[Antiques of the Americas, Keith Finello]; purchased on June 5, 1987, by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum in 2006. [1] According to dated invoice.

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