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Miedo de Manuela / Manuela’s Fear
Miedo de Manuela / Manuela’s Fear
Miedo de Manuela / Manuela’s Fear
DepartmentLatin America

Miedo de Manuela / Manuela’s Fear

NameWhistle sculpture
Maker Leoncio Huaman Tineo (Peruvian)
Date2017
Place madeHuamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumClay, slip
Dimensions5 11/16 × 6 × 4 7/8 in. (14.5 × 15.3 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.46.5
Object numberFA.2017.36.5
Collections
DescriptionCeramic figure of an old woman and two dogs. On dog is laying down, the other is brown and sitting up and the woman has a hand over its face. The woman is wearing a hat and has two long white braids, and she is holding one finger up to her mouth in a "shushing" gesture. The piece has holes in it in order to function as a whistle.
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