Whistle in the Form of a Bird

Unidentified Greater Chiriquí maker

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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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