Whistle part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 600 BC–AD 400
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Tumaco–La Tolita (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: MAI agent
content: Samuel A. Barrett (Samuel Alfred Barrett/S.A. Barrett), Non-Indian, 1879-1965
label: Collector
content: Samuel A. Barrett (Samuel Alfred Barrett/S.A. Barrett), Non-Indian, 1879-1965
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or purchased from local residents between 1908 and 1909 by Samuel A. Barrett (1879-1965, later Director of the Milwaukee Public Museum and Research Associate at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley) during fieldwork sponsored by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: La Tolita; Eloy Alfaro Canton; Esmeraldas Province; Ecuador
label: Island Name
content: Isla de la Tola
setName: label: See related items
content: Tumaco–La Tolita (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: 2/2952
label: Barcode
content: 022952.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Whistle part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Mold-made, modeled, perforated