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Maya. <em>Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle)</em>, 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_overall_PS11.jpg)
Maya. Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle), 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_overall_PS11.jpg)
Maya. <em>Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle)</em>, 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_overall_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle), 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_overall_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle)</em>, 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_threequarter_left_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle), 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_threequarter_left_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle)</em>, 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.4_view01.jpg)

Maya. Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle), 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.4_view01.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle)</em>, 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_threequarter_right_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle), 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_threequarter_right_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle)</em>, 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.4_view02.jpg)

Maya. Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle), 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.4_view02.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle)</em>, 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_back_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle), 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_back_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle)</em>, 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.4_view03.jpg)

Maya. Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle), 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.4_view03.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle)</em>, 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.4_view04.jpg)

Maya. Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle), 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.4_view04.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle)</em>, 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_bw.jpg)

Maya. Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle), 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_bw.jpg)

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CULTURE Maya
MEDIUM Ceramic, traces of pigment
DATES 300-800
PERIOD Classical Period
DIMENSIONS 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 85.262.4
CREDIT LINE Gift of Frederic Zeller
PROVENANCE Prior to 1985, provenance not yet documented; by 1985, acquired by Frederic Zeller of Sag Harbor, NY; 1985, gift of Frederic Zeller to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Maya. Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle), 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_overall_PS11.jpg)
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Maya. <em>Woman with Folded Hands (Whistle)</em>, 300-800. Ceramic, traces of pigment, 6 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (16.2 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.4_overall_PS11.jpg)

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