Whistle
MOA: University of British Columbia
2990/704
Single tone cream-coloured whistle, with long-tubular mouthpiece tube. Bird is shown with one wing raised. Suspension hole at bird's stomach. Partially burnished surface; hand-built. Broken, not restored.
- Type of Item whistle
- Culture Chancay
- Material clay, adhesive, paint
- Measurements height 3.0 cm, width 5.7 cm, depth 2.0 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer
- Made in Lima
- Creation Date between 1000 and 1476
- Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
- Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
- Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013
- Item Classes ceramics
- Condition poor
- Accession Number 2990/0704