Whistle (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 500 - 750
- Possible owner
- John Surany (John Suranyi), Non-Indian, 1900-1969
- Previous owner
- Anico Surany (Anico Surany De Benjamin/Mimi Hortense Anico Surany Benjamin/Anico De Surnay Benjamin/Mrs. Lawrence Benjamin/Mrs. Larry Benjamin), Non-Indian, 1929-1973
- Ildico Surany O'Connor (Ildiko O'Connor/Mrs. Patrick J. O'Connor), Non-Indian, 1922-2000
- Donor
- Ildico Surany O'Connor (Ildiko O'Connor/Mrs. Patrick J. O'Connor), Non-Indian, 1922-2000
- Honoree
- Anico Surany (Anico Surany De Benjamin/Mimi Hortense Anico Surany Benjamin/Anico De Surnay Benjamin/Mrs. Lawrence Benjamin/Mrs. Larry Benjamin), Non-Indian, 1929-1973
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Anico Surany (Mrs. Lawrence Benjamin, 1929-1973, an author of children's books) and possibly that of her father John Surany (1900-1969, a businessman who frequently travelled to Panama and Costa Rica); inherited by Anico Surany’s sister Ildico (Ildiko) Surany O'Connor (Mrs. Patrick J. O'Connor, 1922-2000); donated to MAI by Mrs. O’Connor in 1974 in memory of Anico Surany Benjamin.
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- Place
- Michoacán State; Mexico
- See related items
- Music and Sound
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 24/9250
- Barcode
- 249250.000
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Whistle (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, perforated
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_264718