Object Details
Culture
La Tolita (Ecuador)
Date
3rd century BC-5th century AD
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
2 15/16 × 2 3/8 × 1 3/4 inches (7.5 × 6 × 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Carroll, PhD 1951
Object
Number
2006.070.050
This La Tolita ceramic whistle in the shape of a seated snarling animal — with a large rounded hel(…)
This La Tolita ceramic whistle in the shape of a seated snarling animal — with a large rounded helmet-shaped headdress — may represent a feline or monster deity. The elongated head shape is typical of human figurines from this period and may indicate cranial deformation.
