Standing Female Figure with Tall Headdress and Ankle-length Dress

600-900 CE (Late Classic)

28.9 cm 39 cm 11.5 cm

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This object is a musical instrument—a whistle—in the form of a goddess. The goddess’s impressive headdress is made of three parts. Rising vertically is a crocodile emerging above the center of the woman's head, blowing bubbles from its snout. To the left a vulture juts out, an...

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Robert and Marianne Huber, Dixon, Tennessee; D. Daniel Michel, Chicago, active ca. 1950s-70s; Ancient Art of the New World, New York; Private collection, January 1991; given to Walters Art Museum, 2008.
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