Earthenware Whistle.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Jan 1905
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Charles A. Pope
notes: label: Notes
content: IN 1975 SEEDS FROM THIS ARTIFACT WERE SENT TO CHARLES R. GUNN, CURATOR, BARC SEED COLLECTION, PLANT TAXONOMY LABORATORY, US DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE, BELTSVILLE, MD FOR ANALYSIS. HIS REPORT STATES: "THE SEEDS FROM THE LERANIC FIGURE FROM THE NORTH COAST OF PERU ARE: ORYZA SATIVA L., RICE; RUDBECHIA HIRTA L., BLACK-EYED SUSAN; CHRYSANTHEMUM LEUCANTHEMUM L., OX-EYE DAISY; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. RED CLOVER; PLANTAGO SP., PLANTAIN; AGROSTIS SP., BENT GRASS; JUNCUS SP., RUSH; PANICUM SP., PANIC GRASS. I HAVE PICKED OUT ONE OR TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH AND PLACED THEM IN LABELLED BAGS." THERE IS A NOTE WITH THIS ANALYSIS FROM SALLY KLASS OF THE ANTHRO. PROCESSING LAB STATING: "ALL OF THE ABOVE COULD HAVE BEEN PRESENT IN THE PACKING MATERIAL RATHER THAN BEING OF PRE-COLUMBIAN ORIGIN, SINCE STRAW AND GRASSES WERE USED AS PACKING MATERIALS. 1979."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Peru, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 043767
label: USNM Number
content: A233857-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle