Whistle in the Form of a Human
Unidentified maker (Ecuador)
Pre-Columbian
Terracotta with applique
Overall: 2 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (6 × 3.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. David Mack
167.39.24239
Geography
Place Made: Ecuador, South America
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Americas
Funerary Objects
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Mrs. David Mack, Manta, Ecuador, 1965; given to present collection, 1967.
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