Whistling bottle (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 900–1470 (Late Intermediate period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Chimú (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Seller
content: Josephine Morkill (Mary Josephine Wright/Mrs. William Lucius Morkill), Non-Indian, 1859-1943
label: Previous owner
content: William L. Morkill (William Lucius Morkill), Non-Indian, 1858-1936
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William Lucius Morkill (1858-1936, who built and managed railroads in Mexico from 1901 to 1907 and in Peru from 1907 to 1919); purchased by MAI from his widow, Josephine Wright Morkill (1859-1943), in 1938.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Coast; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Chimú (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: 19/9296
label: Barcode
content: 199296.000
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: Mold-made, modeled, painted