DepartmentLatin America
Figural whistle
NameWhistle
Maker
Leoncio Tineo Ochoa
(Peruvian, 1924 - 1996)
Datec. 1958
Place madeHuanta, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumCeramic, slip
Dimensions4 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 2 15/16 in. (11.5 × 6 × 7.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.380
Object numberA.1979.32.380
DescriptionHand-built; slip painted: brown body, red-brown hair. Unclothed seated figure with legs extended straight out front and arms crossed.
