Whistle (Ocarina) in the Form of a Bird
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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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