Whistling bottle (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 550–650 (Early Intermediate period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Nasca (Nazca) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Ernesto F. Belli (Ernest Belli), Non-Indian, b. ca. 1892
label: Seller
content: Ernesto F. Belli (Ernest Belli), Non-Indian, b. ca. 1892
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ernesto F. Belli (b. ca. 1892, an Italian businessman working in Peru); purchased by MAI from Ernesto Belli in 1927.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Nasca (Nazca) region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Nasca (Nazca) (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 15/2796
label: Barcode
content: 152796.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Whistling bottle (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Modeled, painted, perforated