CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
- Figural Shell Whistle
Date1200–1532 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumEarthenware with slip and shell
Dimensions4 1/2 × 1 3/8 × 1 7/16 inches
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4359
Non exposé
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Object Type
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1987 [Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "MAY 87"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4359
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1900–1910
Earthenware with slip, antlers, rawhide, feathers, shell, turquoise, and encrustation
44.166
1900–1945
Earthenware with slip, antler, leather, shell, turquoise, and feathers
44.163
1100–1450 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.289
600–1600 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.295