Figural whistle, La Tortura de Mi Papa / My Father’s Torture

NameWhistle sculpture figure pair

Maker Rosalia Tineo Torres (Peruvian)

Date2017

Place madeHuamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

MediumCeramic, slips

DimensionsOther (a. father): 8 11/16 × 7 5/16 × 4 3/16 in. (22 × 18.5 × 10.7 cm)
Other (b. women): 7 1/4 × 6 7/16 × 3 11/16 in. (18.4 × 16.4 × 9.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.46.1ab

Object numberFA.2017.36.1ab

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCeramic whistle sculpture pair. A) One part consists of a blindfolded woman wearing a hat and girl covering her eyes. B) The other part is of two men. One is on his knees with his hands behind his head, and the other is standing behind the kneeling man with some sort of stick or weapon pointed at the other man's head. Both parts are painted in tones of brown and white. Each part has a small round hole drilled into it and the figures all have openings at the backs of their necks for sound to escape.