DepartmentLatin America
Figural whistles
NameWhistles
Maker
Leoncio Tineo Ochoa
(Peruvian, 1924 - 1996)
Datec. 1958
Place madeHuanta, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumCeramic, slip
Dimensions5 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (14 × 6 × 7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.402X
Object numberA.1979.32.402X
DescriptionHand-built; slip painted white, tan and red-borwn. Seated figures. Three wear hats, one wears a head veil; one curses a baby, two with large pots, one with two. // $ 15 ea. Possibly nativity figures. -A. Girard
