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Pottery whistle - human form
Object Number 53-25-20/19347
Display Title Pottery whistle - human form
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic figurine, whistle, seated anthropomorph, curved headdress. No playing holes
Inventory Description Ceramic figurine, whistle, seated anthropomorph, curved headdress
Classification
  • Whistle
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan
Additional Geographic Terms Yucatan-Jaina?, Northeast
Materials Ceramic, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm (4 1/4 x 1 13/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53-25-20/19347; L48.15-3
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1953)

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