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Flute/Whistle

Zapotec Figure

Pre-Columbian Oaxaca, Mexico
Pre-Columbian


ca. 300-600 A.D.

Height: 4 inches

Zapotec Figure seated wearing a feathered headdress with ankles crossed and hands open. This individual or deity is wearing large ear spools and is made from gray clay as is typical for Zapotec figures. Provenance: Private collection of a University of California professor, collected in 1964.

 

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Catalog#: LA-OTHER-14