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Filename: 
MawM0220-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0220
Title: 
Zoomorphic Whistle : Bird : Turkey
Subject: 
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject: 
Whistles--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject: 
Art--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
A Colima ceramicist hand formed and appliqued this zoomorphic whistle. The avian form has a fleshy comb or crest and it displays a splayed tail, but not sufficient details to identify the species.
Materials: 
Ceramic: Light red-orange clay with incrustations. Modelled; appliqued; burnished
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Object Type: 
Musical instrument
Dimensions: 
3 5/16 in high x 3 7/8 in wide x 2 7/16 in deep
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Colima, Mexico
Rights: 
Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Culture: 
Shaft Tomb
Period: 
Protoclassic