Ceramic Vessel
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1866
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Charles Wilkes
notes: label: Notes
content: BLACKWARE, DOUBLE-CHAMBERED VESSEL IN THE FORM OF A CAMELID (PROBABLY LLAMA). THE FRONT OF THE VESSEL IS DECORATED WITH THE STAMPED OUT LEGS OF THE ANIMAL, AND BURNISHED STRIPES. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "DOUBLE BOTTLE OF BLACK EARTHENWARE, ONE PORTION REPRESENTS AN ANIMAL WITH THE WHISTLING MECHANISM IN ITS HEAD. THERE ARE SMALL OPENINGS IN THE EARS, NOSTRILS AND MOUTH OF THE ANIMAL THROUGH WHICH THE AIR ESCAPES, BUT THE WHISTLE ITSELF CANNOT BE SEEN. BLOWING INTO IT PRODUCES 3 F SHARP AND A HARDER BLAST 3 G. SEE WILSON'S PREHISTORIC ART, P. 659. UPHAM."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Peru, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chimu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001150
label: USNM Number
content: A1405-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm