Whistle (uncertain)
60-14-35
From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 60-14-35 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | whistle or flute, gritty paste, traces of red paint, hand made? composed of mouthpiece and cylindrical tube the distal end of which is mounted with human head arms and stumpy legs, the distal end also has a small hole, there is a small clay pellet in tube which rattles, height of human figure at distal emd 6.8 cm |
| Length | 8.4 cm |
| Width | 4.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 3.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960 |
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