Pottery [Whistle, Bowl]
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1871
notes: label: Notes
content: THREE ITEMS WERE ASSIGNED THIS CATALOG NUMBER: A WHISTLE, A PORTION OF A FLUTE AND A TRIPOD VESSEL. THE WHISTLE HAS A PENCILED NOTATION: "MOMOCALCO MEXICO ... A PENAFIEL" THIS ITEM MAY CORRESPOND TO OBJECT NUMBER 7 ON PENAFIEL'S CORRESPONDENCE (SEE ACCESSION FILE). THE WHISTLE IS ILLUSTRATED IN USNM REPORT 1896, P.600 A COMMENT ON THE CATALOG CARD STATES" BOBAN, IN LETTER OF FEB 7, 1899 SAYS THIS IS A MODERN FRAUD!" THE FLUTE IS IN TWO PIECES, MOUTHPIECE AND BODY. BOTH PARTS HAVE A PENCILED NOTATION OF "1048 ". THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO A. PENAFIEL. THIS 'FLUTE' MAY BE A SEPARATE ARTIFACT OR MAY HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO THE 'WHISTLE'. THE TRIPOD VESSEL HAS TWO ORIGINAL PAPER LABELS STATING:"SOCIEDAD MEXICANA DE HISTORIA NATURAL" AND [TRANSLATED " DISINTERRED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION OF 1826 IN TUYAHUALCO"] THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO A. PENAFIEL. -J. HUMPHREY 1999.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 002103
label: USNM Number
content: A10482-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle