Whistling bottle (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900–1470 (Late Intermediate period)
- Culture/People
- probably Chimú (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Theodore Greene Sullivan (Theodore G. Sullivan), Non-Indian, 1848-1925
- Seller
- Theodore Greene Sullivan (Theodore G. Sullivan), Non-Indian, 1848-1925
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Theodore Greene Sullivan (1848-1925, an oil company executive who traveled in Latin America and collected Latin American ceramics); purchased by MAI from Theodore Sullivan in 1916 with funds donated by Frederick Kingsbury Curtis (1863-1936).
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- Place
- Río Chancay valley; Huaral Province; Lima Region; Peru
- See related items
- Chimú (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 5/1899
- Barcode
- 051899.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Whistling bottle (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Mold-made, modeled, perforated
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 15.3 x 20.4 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_55958