Whistle in the form of a turtle

Unknown, Guatemala, 2000

Scroll

Unknown

Whistle in the form of a turtle

Unknown, Guatemala, 2000

Physical Qualities Earthenware, 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (2.2 × 4.5 × 5 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John J. McCavitt, Plantation, Florida

Object Number 1993.328

Mold-made, small, flat turtle bears pseudo water glyph or pseudo katun wheel on its back. Whistle holes at tip of tail and beneath tail and in the center of the glyph. A small hole in the head suggests the whistle was worn as a pendant.

Culture , Guatemala

Unknown

2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00

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Dechado (sampler)

1784–1794

James McNeill Whistler

Plate XXIII from the book "A Catalogue of Blue and White Porcelain forming the collection of Sir Henry Thompson (London: Elllis and White, 1878)," which reproduces pen and ink drawings by Whistler. One of a series of proofs, lacking the printed plate numbers and identifying numbers, of these illustrations in the Lucas Collection.

1877