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A whistle shaped as a globular woman | Ancient Mexico. Pre-Columbian Art Galleries | Museo Amparo, Puebla

A whistle shaped as a globular woman

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Culture Tlatilco
Region Valley of Mexico
Period Middle Preclassic, Manantial phase
Year 1000-800 B.C.
Technique

Modeled clay with pastillage and incisions

Measures 10.5   x 9.3  x 7.5  cm
Location Vault. Pre-Columbian Art Collection
Record number 52 22 MA FA 57PJ 402
Researcher
  • Marie-Areti Hers

The head of this simple musical instrument belongs to the Type D1 figurines as can be seen in the way the eyeballs are represented which have a central perforation as a pupil. Red face paint, of which traces are still visible, also belong to these types of representations, as do the careful representation of the elaborate hairdo and perforated disc-shaped earpieces.

Small breasts were modeled on the body clearly indicating that the personage is female, but everything else is superficial pastillage to represent the arms and legs of a hollow globular body whose perforations transform it into a small whistle. Whistles and maracas are abundant in the materials of this culture where music could not be left out.

 

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