Whistle part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 250–900 (Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Marco Aurelio Soto, Non-Indian, 1846-1908
label: Possible owner
content: Maximiliano F. Soto, Non-Indian, 1881-1957
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Marco Aurelio Soto (1846-1908, President of Honduras from 1876 to 1883); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928). President Soto's son Maximiliano Soto (1881-1957) came to the U.S. in 1905 and lived in New York and may have inherited his father's collection.
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: Río Ulúa valley; Honduras
setName: label: See related items
content: Maya (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: 6/1278
label: Barcode
content: 061278.000
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: Modeled, perforated