Whistle in the Form of a Bird
Unidentified Greater Chiriquí maker
Pre-Columbian
Tan terracotta with red and black paint
Overall: 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (7 × 7 × 7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alice Cox, Class of 1939hW
162.2.14747
Geography
Place Made: Panama, Central America
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Alice Ray Cox (1891-1975), Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1962.
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