DepartmentLatin America
Figural whistle, woman with bottle and cup
NameWhistle
Maker
Leoncio Tineo Ochoa
(Peruvian, 1924 - 1996)
Datec. 1958
Place madeHuanta, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumCeramic, slip
Dimensions6 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (16 × 7 × 6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.404K
Object numberA.1979.32.404K
DescriptionWhite, tan, red-brown. Standing female figures with incised nose, mouth and fingers. Some wear hats; Two hold birds, two hold babies, four hold glass and pitcher or bottle, three empty-handed, one with bottle, one with pot, one holding hat.
