Whistle (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 800-1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Chiriquí (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: J. King Merritt (J. K. Merritt/Joseph King Merritt), Non-Indian, 1824-1882
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of J. King Merritt (Joseph King Merritt, 1824-1882, a New York City physician who explored sites in Panama in the 1850s); purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in 1906.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Chiriquí Province; Panama
setName: label: See related items
content: Chiriquí (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: 7043
label: Barcode
content: 007043.000
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, perforated