Flute (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 2500 BC–AD 1540 (Late Preceramic to Late Horizon period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Central Andes (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Frederick P. Drew (Fred Drew), Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: James W. Moseley (James Willett Moseley), Non-Indian, 1931-2012
label: Seller
content: James W. Moseley (James Willett Moseley), Non-Indian, 1931-2012
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Dick Cavett (Richard Alva Cavett), Non-Indian, b. 1936
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick P. Drew (a retired diplomat living in Peru who collected and traded antiquities); subsequently in the collection of James Willett Moseley (1931-2012, an amateur archaeologist and student of UFOs and UFO hoaxes); purchased by MAI from James Mosely in 1972 with funds donated by Dick Cavett.
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: Vilcahuaura; Huacho; Huaura Province; Lima Region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Central Andes (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Music and Sound
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/7659
label: Barcode
content: 247659.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Flute (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled, incised