Illustrations of Artifact Categories Subject to U.S. Import Restriction
El Salvador - Lepa Standing Male Whistle Figurine
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Lepa Standing Male Whistle Figurine
Type of Object: Sculpture
Materials: Ceramic
Measurements: 12 to 40 cm. in height.
Date or Period: Late Classic
Maker: Proto-Lenca
Designated List Section: 1B Lepa Figurines
Date of Import Restriction: 03/10/1995
Photograph: Federico Trujillo
Copyright: Banco Agricola Comercial de El Salvador
 
Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions:
Most are solid ceramic figurines representing standing humans, while others are animal effigies that function as whistles, whistle flutes, or wheeled figurines incorporating whistle flutes. Usually made of reddish brown to brick red clay with a rough or only moderately smoothed surface. Some have a white slip painted in black, red, or yellow paint.
Keywords:
ceramic, figurine, human figure, sculpture, seated human, statuette,

 


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