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Figural whistle
Figural whistle
Figural whistle
Museum of International Folk Art
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
Collections
DescriptionHand-built; slip painted: brown body, red-brown hair. Unclothed seated figure with legs extended straight out front and arms crossed.
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