Whistle with the Maize God Emerging from a Flower

A small pale ceramic whistle shaped like a figure seated within an upturned flower or leaf bract, with arms folded across the chest and a headdress with a dark pigment accent. The slender hollow stem below extends down to a plain tip against a grey gradient background.

Artist

Maya artist(s)

Date

600–900 CE

Medium

Ceramic, Maya blue and hematite pigments

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1488 × 1861 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979