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: DOUBLE-CHAMBERED, BUFF CERAMIC WHISTLING VESSEL WHICH IS DECORATED IN RED AND WHITE. THE FRONT CHAMBER IS IN THE SHAPE OF A SQUATTING FIGURE PLAYING PANPIPES AND HOLDING A RATTLE. THE FIGURE IS CONNECTED VIA AN ARCHED BRIDGE TO A REAR BOTTLE-SHAPED CHAMBER WHICH HAS A STAMPED DECORATION AROUND THE SPOUT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PUBLICATION: USNM ANNUAL REPORT 1896, THOMAS WILSON, P. 657, FIG. 316. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89. OLD CATALOGUE CARD NOTES THAT, "BLOWING IN THE SPOUT PRODUCES THE NOTE 2C SHARP, A STRONGER BLAST 2D SHARP. 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: A1399-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 22.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 18 cm