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Object Number 47-2-20/17359.8
Display Title Effigy whistle figurines
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic whistles, molded anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines, some with decorative headdresses and ear spools, one standing bird with outstretched wings, one prone bird with trapezoidal body and green and brown pigment, various small perforations, some losses
Classification
  • Whistle
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Honduras / Cortes / <County> / <City> / Sula Ulua
Additional Geographic Terms La Lima, near
Dimensions Overall (measurement of largest): 9.6 × 6.8 × 4 cm (3 3/4 × 2 11/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 47-2-20/17359
Credit Line Gift of Doris Z. Stone, 1947

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