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Maya. <em>Whistle in Form of Turtle</em>, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_overall.JPG)
Maya. Whistle in Form of Turtle, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_overall.JPG)
Maya. <em>Whistle in Form of Turtle</em>, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_overall.JPG)

Maya. Whistle in Form of Turtle, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_overall.JPG)

Maya. <em>Whistle in Form of Turtle</em>, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_side_left.JPG)

Maya. Whistle in Form of Turtle, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_side_left.JPG)

Maya. <em>Whistle in Form of Turtle</em>, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_side_right.JPG)

Maya. Whistle in Form of Turtle, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_side_right.JPG)

Maya. <em>Whistle in Form of Turtle</em>, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_top.JPG)

Maya. Whistle in Form of Turtle, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_top.JPG)

Maya. <em>Whistle in Form of Turtle</em>, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_bottom.JPG)

Maya. Whistle in Form of Turtle, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_bottom.JPG)

Maya. <em>Whistle in Form of Turtle</em>, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2788PA_view1_bw.jpg)

Maya. Whistle in Form of Turtle, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2788PA_view1_bw.jpg)

Maya. <em>Whistle in Form of Turtle</em>, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2788PA_view2_bw.jpg)

Maya. Whistle in Form of Turtle, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2788PA_view2_bw.jpg)

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Whistle in Form of Turtle

Arts of the Americas

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CULTURE Maya
MEDIUM Ceramic
DATES 500–850
PERIOD Pre-Spanish
DIMENSIONS 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 37.2788PA
CREDIT LINE Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund
PROVENANCE Prior to 1842, provenance not yet documented; 1842, acquired in the Yucatan, Mexico by Benjamin Moore Norman of New Orleans, LA; 1844, gift of Benjamin Moore Norman to the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; 1950, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION Maya. Whistle in Form of Turtle, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_overall.JPG)
IMAGE overall, CUR.37.2788PA_overall.JPG. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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Maya. <em>Whistle in Form of Turtle</em>, 500–850. Ceramic, 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2788PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2788PA_overall.JPG)

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