DepartmentLatin America
Miedo de Manuela / Manuela’s Fear
NameWhistle sculpture
Maker
Leoncio Huaman Tineo
(Peruvian)
Date2017
Place madeHuamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumClay, slip
Dimensions5 11/16 × 6 × 4 7/8 in. (14.5 × 15.3 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.46.5
Object numberFA.2017.36.5
DescriptionCeramic figure of an old woman and two dogs. On dog is laying down, the other is brown and sitting up and the woman has a hand over its face. The woman is wearing a hat and has two long white braids, and she is holding one finger up to her mouth in a "shushing" gesture. The piece has holes in it in order to function as a whistle.
Rosalia Tineo Torres
2017
