Globular Flute (Ocarina) in the Form of a Bird

Unidentified Nasca (Nazca) maker

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Early Nasca, 200-400

Terracotta

Overall: 1 3/8 × 1 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (3.5 × 3.2 × 6.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Constance M. Landmann, in memory of Frederick E. Landmann

2008.4.48

Geography

Place Made: Peru, South America

Period

1-500

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Frederick E. (1907-2003) and Constance M. (1912-2011) Landmann, Hanover, New Hampshire, before 1970; given to present, 2008.

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