Figure ceramic animal

Figure ceramic animal, contoured to hand in the shape of a crocodile. Although its shape is obvious, both his tail as his ears make you think that might be a representation of a supernatural being.

Functioned both as a whistle (the air holes appear in front of the hind legs), and a sonajera (it has clay granules in the middle front). It is painted with a layer of exceptionally preserved the famous maya blue.
Little is known of this figure, which could be from a musical instrument to a toy. Sole is known that he came from some part of the south of Mexico.