Seated male figure/whistle
Seated male figure/whistle

On view

East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Seated male figure/whistle,

600–800

Maya
Late Classic Period
y1968-133

Information

Title
Seated male figure/whistle
Dates

600–800

Medium
Ceramic with traces of pigment
Dimensions
20 × 8.6 × 8.8 cm (7 7/8 × 3 3/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Object Number
y1968-133
Place Excavated

North America, Mexico, Campeche, Maya area, Jaina Island or vicinity

Marks/Labels/Seals
Painted on bottom [crossed out]: C-19 Written on bottom in red: 196
Reference Numbers
Davis CH 19
Culture
Maya
Period
Late Classic
Type
whistles, ceramics
Materials
pigment, ceramic
Subject
figures (representations), sitting, men

[Chait Gallery, run by Ralph Chait, New York, NY]; purchased by J. Lionberger Davis (1878 - 1973), Princeton, NJ; gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1968.

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