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1350-1520

Red terracotta with buff slip and red and black paint

Overall: 3 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 3 1/16 in. (9.6 × 5.7 × 7.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly

22.5.3954

Geography

Place Made: Panama, Central America

Period

1400-1600

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Exhibition History

Globalization in Ancient Costa Rican Arts, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 25-October 1, 2006.

Provenance

Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to the present collection, 1922.

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