Unknown Central and South American
Shaman Whistle

Shaman Whistle

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Shaman Whistle
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions4 3/8 × 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (11.1 × 9.5 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2008.389
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceOfelia Garrido Toro, Dunedin, FL, early 1940s–1997; given to Luz Miriam Toro, New York, 1997–2008; sold through [Luz Miriam Toro Arte Precolombino, New York, 2008]; purchased by MFAH, 2008.

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