Whistle (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 800-1200
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Guanacaste-Nicoya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Juan F. Ferraz (Juan Fernández Ferraz), Non-Indian, 1849-1904
label: Seller
content: Juan F. Ferraz (Juan Fernández Ferraz), Non-Indian, 1849-1904
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Juan F. Ferraz (ca. 1845-1904, a director of the Museo Nacional of Costa Rica in San Jose who sold Costa Rican collections to several American museums); purchased by George Heye from Juan Ferraz circa 1905.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Costa Rica
setName: label: See related items
content: Guanacaste-Nicoya (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Music and Sound
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5580
label: Barcode
content: 005580.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Whistle (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Modeled, painted