Ocarina/whistle (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 800-1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Central Caribbean/Costa Rican Atlantic Watershed (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Leonardo Patterson (Leonardo Augustus Patterson), Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Leonardo Patterson (Leonardo Augustus Patterson), Non-Indian
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Sackler Fund
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, Non-Indian, 1913-1987
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from Leonardo Patterson (a dealer and collector of Latin American antiquities) in 1965 using monies from the "Sackler Fund," an MAI acquisition fund with many donors, including Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987, a New York City physician, philanthropist, and art collector).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Costa Rica
setName: label: See related items
content: Central Caribbean/Costa Rican Atlantic Watershed (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: 23/6469
label: Barcode
content: 236469.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Ocarina/whistle (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Modeled, incised, perforated