DepartmentLatin America
Figural whistles, men holding food and drink
NameWhistles
Maker
Leoncio Tineo Ochoa
(Peruvian, 1924 - 1996)
Attributed to
Claudia Tineo Torres
(Peruvian)
Datec. 1958
Place madeHuanta, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumCeramic, slip
Dimensions7 1/8 × 2 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (18.1 × 7.5 × 8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.403X
Object numberA.1979.32.403X
DescriptionHand-built; slip painted white, tan, red-brown. Standing, all wearing hat. All are holding something: pot, jar, staff. Incised eyes, mouth and fingers. // $ 15 ea. Possibly nativity figures. -A. Girard
