Whistle in the Form of a Feline

Unidentified Greater Chiriquí maker

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1200-1550

Terracotta with slip and paint

Overall: 2 15/16 × 1 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (7.5 × 4.4 × 11.7 cm)

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

22.5.3955

Geography

Place Made: Costa Rica, Central America

Place Made: Panama, Central America

Period

1000-1400

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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