Masked Figurine with Boar Headdress, Possibly an Ocarina (Whistle)
Tairona
1200–1400
- Medium
- Ceramic and pigment
- Dimensions
- H.: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- sculpture
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
Figurinefiring (heating)whistleamericaslower central americamodeling (forming)earthenwarepainting (image making)taironaminiatureceramicsmoldingmaskspeoplesculpturefigurinesinorganic materialritual performermusical instrumentsArts of the Americascostumeceramicart of the americas
About
To this day in Tairona communities, masked individuals dance, personifying the deified forces and phenomena of nature. This act associates the annual round of social and economic activities with the natural world’s cycle of death, fertility, and renewal.
