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: LIGHT ORANGE-BUFF WARE IN THE FORM OF A BRIDGE-AND SPOUT VESSEL REPRESENTING A SQUASH WITH A FIGURE SEATED CROSS-LEGGED AT THE TOP AND BASE OF THE HANDLE. THIS IS A SINGLE CHAMBERED WHISTLING VESSEL. PUBLICATION: USNM ANNUAL REPORT, 1896, THOMAS WILSON, P. 654, FIG. 313. ALSO USNM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 60, WALTER HOUGH, ART. 9, PL. 46, FIG. 13. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. THE OLD CATALOGUE CARD NOTES THAT "BLOWING IN THE SPOUT PRODUCES THE SOUND 3E, BLOWING STRONGER PRODUCES 3E 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: A1398-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Depth - Base
content: 9.5 cm