Lot 0065B

Colima Pottery Whistle in the Form of a Drummer

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Colima Pottery Whistle in the Form of a Drummer

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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built terracotta figural whistle featuring an elaborately dressed drummer standing behind and beating his tall cylindrical drum with both hands. This musician wears a fabulous headdress with a disc-shaped ornament and an applied strap crossing his head and wrapping around the chin (notice the whistle mouthpiece extending from it as well), a beaded necklace, armbands with incised markings that give the impression of jaguar pelt, a long tailed tunic, and loin cloth. Size: 6" H (15.2 cm)

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA

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Condition

Head reattached. Loss to applique on headdress. Pressure fissures and possible repairs to drum. Scattered mineral deposits on the surface. Nice root marks as well.

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Colima Pottery Whistle in the Form of a Drummer

Name: Colima Pottery Whistle in the Form of a Drummer
SKU: 66395595
Price: 250 USD
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