FIGURAL WHISTLE / RATTLE - VERACRUZ, MEXICO, C. 8TH CENTURY
FIGURAL WHISTLE / RATTLE - VERACRUZ, MEXICO, C. 8TH CENTURY
Fired clay
Veracruz, Mexico, c. 500-1000 AD
Standing hollow figure of a grotesque man functioning as a pipe as well as a rattle.
Holding a mace in his left arm and wearing a loincloth and a headdress. Mounted on a pedestal.
Dimensions: HEIGHT 14 CM
Condition: extensive abrasions, chips and repaired breakages
Provenance: Collection F. Seiss, Leverkusen 1960, then property of Galerie Alt-Amerika in 1994