Whistle in the Form of a Feline
Unidentified Greater Chiriquí maker
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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