Art Institute of Chicago
Rattle in the Form of a Mythological Figure
Late Classic Maya, Jaina style
- Date
- 650–800
- Medium
- Ceramic and pigment
- Culture
- Campeche state
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Many of the hollow interiors of mold-made Jaina figurines were transformed into rattles or whistles. As musical instruments, they may have been played during the funerary ceremonies of the deceased whom they accompanied into the afterlife.
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