Whistle in the Form of a Bird
Unidentified Greater Chiriquí maker
Pre-Columbian
Buff terracott, with buff slip and red paint
Overall: 2 1/16 × 1 5/16 × 1 15/16 in. (5.2 × 3.3 × 4.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly
22.5.3958
Geography
Place Made: Costa Rica, Central America
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to the present collection, 1922.
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