Whistle (uncertain)

36-18-2

From: Costa Rica | San Jose | Rio Frio

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 36-18-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Costa Rica | San Jose | Rio Frio
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Buff ware, slightly polished. Form: depressed spheroidal jar with short contracting neck; inverted and supplied with a modeled bird's head attached to base of "jar"; neck of bird perforated for suspension. Incised design on "jar" and applied features of bird.

Height 8.26 cm
Outside Diameter 7.62 cm
Credit Line Gift of Samuel W. Fernberger, 1936

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