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San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. A. A. Seeligson, Sr.
Whistling Vessel
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. A. A. Seeligson, Sr.
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Whistling Vessel

Artist Unknown
DepartmentLatin American Art
CultureRecuay
Dateca. 200-700
MediumResist and painted earthenware
Dimensionsh. 7 × w. 4 1/2 × d. 6 in. (17.8 × 11.4 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. A. A. Seeligson, Sr.
Object number78.293
Geography
Place madePeru
General regionSouth America
Published ReferencesKelker, Nancy L, and San Antonio Museum Association. America before Columbus: Pre-Columbian Art in the Collection of the San Antonio Museum Association (San Antonio: San Antonio Museum Association, 1985), 132.
On view
Collections
San Antonio Museum of Art, anonymous gift.
Whistling Vessel
Unknown
Culture: Recuay
ca. 200-700
Bequest of Elizabeth Huth Coates.
Whistle Vessel
Unknown
Culture: Recuay
ca. A.D. 500
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Robert and Amy Niederhauser.
Whistling vessel with llama-alpaca head
Culture: Chimú-Inca
1476-1532
Image Not Available for Water Vessel
Water Vessel
ca. 1870
Gift of C. Brian Kesse; Lizann Kesse; and Michael K. Fox, in memory of C.H. "Hank" Kesse and M…
Double-Chambered Whistling Bottle wiith Deity Motif
Culture: Chimú
1300-1532
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Piggy Bank
Unknown
ca. 1930
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of Folk Art.
Monkey Bottle
Unknown
ca. 1960
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of the Mexican Government.
Jar
Unknown
ca. 1960
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Henry Ashby McCulloch.
Urpu (Storage Jar)
Unknown
Culture: Inca
ca. 1300-1532
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. A. A. Seeligson, Sr.
Water Jar with Human Features
Unknown
Culture: Chimú or Inca culture
ca. 1450
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Pulque Pitcher
Unknown
ca. 1930
San Antonio Musseum of Art, Gift of the Mexican Government.
Jar
Unknown
ca. 1960

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