Whistle in the form of a land snail
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- probably Tuza-Piartal (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Expedition leader
- Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
- Expedition sponsor
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Expedition
- Fourth Ecuador Expedition (1910)
- Object Name
- Whistle in the form of a land snail
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, painted
- Dimensions
- 14 x 10.5 x 7.5 cm
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Place
- Huaca; San Pedro de Huaca Canton; Carchi Province; Ecuador
- Date created
- AD 1100-1500
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated in 1910 during the Fourth Ecuador Expedition, led by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) and funded by George Gustav Heye.
- Catalog Number
- 3/875
- Barcode
- 030875.000
- See related items
- Tuza-Piartal (archaeological culture)
- Music and Sound
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
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