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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chimú-Inka
Title:Double-chambered whistling vessel with bird
Date Made:1470-1530 CE (Late Horizon)
Type:Container; Ceramic
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware with burnishing
Place Made:South America; Peru; Chan Chan Valley
Measurements:overall: 6 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in; 16.51 cm x 19.05 cm x 9.2075 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2009.14.3
Credit Line:Gift of Sarah A. Nunneley (Class of 1963)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Double-chambered vessel with flared spouts and bulbous chambers. Chamber and spouts connected by bridge. Bird sits upon one mouth of the spout.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people; pottery; vessels; containers

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+2009.14.3

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