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1200-1550

Terracotta and white slip

Overall: 2 3/8 × 2 13/16 × 2 3/16 in. (6.1 × 7.2 × 5.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Victor M. Cutter, Class of 1903W

38.12.5435

Geography

Place Made: Santa Marta, Colombia, South America

Period

1000-1400

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Exhibition History

Arts Education Services, Peter Smith Studio, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.

Provenance

Collected by Victor Macomber Cutter (1881-1952), early 1900's; lent to present collection, 1938-1953; bequeathed to Florence Edith deJongh Cutter (1885-1957), 1952; given to present collection, 1953.

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