Whistle in the Form of a Bird
Unidentified Maya maker
Pre-Columbian
Red terracotta
Overall: 2 5/8 × 2 1/8 × 1 7/8 in. (6.6 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of W. H. Higgins
25.1.4947
Geography
Place Made: Villanueva, Ulúa River Valley, Honduras, Central America
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Excavated from a mound on the La Estancia Ranch, La Lima (Cuyamel Fruit Company property) near Villanueva, Honduras by William Horan Higgins (1897-1947), East Providence, Rhode Island, in the 1920's; given to present collection, 1925.
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