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Source Description
This dancer is shown mid step, with arms outstretched and knees flexed. Both his hands have holes where small dance decorations, such as fans or maracas, were once placed. He wears an elaborately wrapped turbanlike headdress, and anklets, a necklace, and a vest which all would have made music along with the dance steps. The figure is also a whistle, and one can imagine a dancer or his accompanist playing such an instrument to structure the steps of a dance.
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Document identity
localId
80184
label
Dancing Figure Whistle
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
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80184
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Dancing Figure Whistle
description
This dancer is shown mid step, with arms outstretched and knees flexed. Both his hands have holes where small dance decorations, such as fans or maracas, were once placed. He wears an elaborately wrapped turbanlike headdress, and anklets, a necklace, and a vest which all would have made music along with the dance steps. The figure is also a whistle, and one can imagine a dancer or his accompanist playing such an instrument to structure the steps of a dance.
provenance
Sotheby's New York, 1989, Lot no. 156; David Stuart Galleries, by purchase; John G. Bourne, 1980s, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
date
300 BCE-200 CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figures
whistles
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.3
height
16.8
depth
10.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 3/16 x W: 6 5/8 x D: 4 in. (23.34 x 16.76 x 10.16 cm)
Source extras
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Colima
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earthenware
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16368
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AME
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2988
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Page inventory
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