The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Whistle Figure

500–1000

Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec, Monte Albáb IIIB

molded pottery
Overall: 25.5 x 9.5 x 5.5 cm (10 1/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.274
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1933
    Mr. Vanderveld, Oaxaca, Oaxaca MX, 1933, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener
    1933-1990
    James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1990
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Young-Sánchez, Margaret. “The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (September 1992): 234–275. Mentioned: p. 270, no. 54 www.jstor.org
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1990.274