Seven-piece band whistles

NameWhistle figure group

Artist Mistério Filho (Portuguese ceramist)

Date1980s

Place madeAlentejo, Extremoz, Portugal, Europe

MediumCeramic, paint, metal

Dimensionsa. Band leader: 7 1/2 × 3 7/16 × 3 3/4 in. (19 × 8.7 × 9.6 cm)
b. Cymbal player: 7 9/16 × 2 7/8 × 3 3/4 in. (19.2 × 7.3 × 9.6 cm)
c. French horn player: 7 11/16 × 3 9/16 × 2 13/16 in. (19.5 × 9.1 × 7.2 cm)
d. Accordion player: 7 5/16 × 3 7/8 × 2 15/16 in. (18.5 × 9.8 × 7.5 cm)
e. Wind instument player: 7 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 3 3/4 in. (19.7 × 9 × 9.5 cm)
f. Rasp player: 7 5/8 × 3 3/8 × 2 15/16 in. (19.4 × 8.5 × 7.5 cm)
g. Drummer: 7 1/2 × 3 1/16 × 3 11/16 in. (19 × 7.8 × 9.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mary Hynes Daly

Object numberA.2012.50.10a-g

Collections

Europe

DescriptionSeven-piece band whistles. Seven male standing figures with black mustaches wear white pants with red side stripes, blue jackets with red epaulets and gold dots on arms, green and red hats with gold feathers. They stand on square pink bases with green edges. Protruding from the back of each base is a small whistle in green (band leader) or white. Scratched on bottom of each is: "MISTÉRIO." Figures are: a) Band leader with music sheets and metal baton; b) Cymbal player; c) French horn player; d) Accordion player; e) Player of a gold colored wind instrument; f) Rasp player (rasp with horned head); g) Drummer.