Whistle Figurine

Name/Title

Whistle Figurine

Entry/Object ID

E-244

Description

A figure of a person wearing some type of headdress decorated with beads or shells. The figure is wearing a necklace with a round pendant with and X on it. There is a scale or feather pattern on the arms, legs, and torso. At the back of the figure there is a rectangular hole cut at an angle like what you would see on a whistle. It is made of red ceramic clay with black speckles throughout. It is dusted with white or yellow clay to give it and old look.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Ethnography
Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

22.02.03

Ethnography

Notes

Possibly Pre-Columbian

Dimensions

Height

6 in

Material

Clay

Color

Red, White