Flute player
Flute player
Flute player
Flute player
Flute player
Flute player

On view

East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Flute player,

300–600 CE

Pánuco
Early Classic Period
2016-1382

Information

Title
Flute player
Dates

300–600 CE

Medium
Ceramic with traces of polychrome
Dimensions
7.4 × 5 × 4.7 cm (2 15/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1382
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Veracruz, Gulf Coast

Culture
Huastec, Classic Veracruz
Period
Early Classic
Type
figurines, ceramics, ceremonial objects
Materials
polychrome, ceramic
Subject
musicians, flutes (aerophones), musical instruments, figures (representations)

[Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, Inc., Spencer Throckmorton]; purchased on April 20, 1982, by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016. [1] According to dated invoice.

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