Double-Chambered Whistling Vessel in the form of a Bird
Unidentified Chimú Inca maker
1472-1532
Smudge-fired blackware terracotta
Overall: 6 11/16 × 8 7/16 × 4 1/8 in. (17 × 21.5 × 10.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Richard J. MacCornack, Class of 1937
56.12.13578
Geography
Place Made: North Coast, Peru, South America
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Exhibition History
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 18, 2005-January 21, 2008.
Oculate Beings and Horrible Birds: Image and Meaning in Ancient Andean Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30, 1999-November 5, 2000, no. 43.
Provenance
Acquired in Peru by Richard John MacCornack (1914-1998), Boulder, Colorado, about 1938; given to present collection, 1956.
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