DepartmentLatin America
Whistle, woman spinning wool
NameWhistle
Maker
Maria Ochoa Ochante
(Peruvian, died 1952)
Datec. 1947
Place madeHuanta, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumCeramic
Dimensions5 13/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/8 in. (14.7 × 6 × 6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.434
Object numberA.1979.32.434A
DescriptionSeated female figure with a shawl around her shoulders, spinning wool on a drop-spindle. Reddish brown clay with no glaze or slip. Hand-modeled with incised lines.
1850s - 1910s
