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Small pottery bird effigy whistle
Small pottery bird effigy whistle
Object Number 43-40-30/4255
Display Title Small pottery bird effigy whistle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic bird whistle, sculpted. punctate, mended.
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm (2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 43-40-30/4255
Provenance
Collector Dr. Thomas Barbour (1943)
Donor Dr. Thomas Barbour (1943)

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