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Mayan Lord Whistle

Central America
Mayan

Clay
ca 500 to 800 CE

Height: 3.5

A standing Mayan Lord whistle in full regalia. The whistle in back is now missing. The Mayans were known for being the only Mesoamerican civilization to develop an advanced form of writing (codices - hieroglyphic script) that relates to cosmogony (science that deals with the origin of the universe).

 

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Catalog#: LA-AEWF-49-24