Whistling bottle (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 550–650 (Early Intermediate period)
- Culture/People
- probably Nasca (Nazca) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Ernesto F. Belli (Ernest Belli), Non-Indian, b. ca. 1892
- Seller
- Ernesto F. Belli (Ernest Belli), Non-Indian, b. ca. 1892
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ernesto F. Belli (b. ca. 1892, an Italian businessman working in Peru); purchased by MAI from Ernesto Belli in 1927.
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- Place
- Nasca (Nazca) region; Peru
- See related items
- Nasca (Nazca) (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 15/2796
- Barcode
- 152796.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Whistling bottle (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, painted, perforated
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_163274