# Rattle in the Form of a Mythological Figure

- By: Maya (Campeche or Yucatán, Mexico)
- Date: 650–800
- Medium: Ceramic and pigment
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: H.: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Campeche state
- Credit line: Gift of Joseph P. Antonow
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/35320)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/19ef85bd-27a6-688d-dff8-9ed10026ea85/full/!1093,1080/0/default.jpg
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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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