Maya
Whistle in the form of a dog
Maya, 250-900
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, polychrome, 4 3/4 × 2 13/16 × 2 7/8 in. (12 × 7.2 × 7.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John J. McCavitt, Plantation, Florida
Object Number
1993.313
Mold-made whistle features upright seated dog with rounded ears, crested hair and exposed, human like genitals. The animal bears a white collar of appliqued disks that have been painted blue ("Maya blue") and yellow. "Arm" bands are indicated as blue and white stripes on the animal's forelegs. Whistle holes are found at the tip of the tail, above the tail on the back, and at the back of the shoulders.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Art of Music from the Baltimore Museum of Art," circulated to Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland, January 8, 2005 - February 26, 2005; The Washington Country Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, September 30, 2005 - November 20, 2005; The Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, December 9, 2005 - February 5, 2006; Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, February 15, 2006 - April 9, 2006
