Whistle Vessel with Jaguar
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Peru
General region:South America
Culture: Inca
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: ca. A.D. 1400
Medium: Earthenware with paint
Dimensions:
h. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); w. 7 in. (17.8 cm); d. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mark Duff and Beth Senne-Duff
Object number: 2005.29.3
Provenance: with Mark Duff and Beth Senne-Duff, Kerrville, TX, by 1976; by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2005
Label Text
This double-chambered vessel with bridge handle is a whistle. A twittering sound can be produced by blowing into the spout or by pouring water into the open spout, and rocking the vessel to move the water from one chamber to another. (Bernadette Cap, 2021)
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