Trumpet with animal design
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Nasca (Nazca) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Seller
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954, explorer, author, and MAI field collector) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Hyatt Verrill in 1928.
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- Date created
- AD 100–450 (Early Intermediate period)
- Catalog Number
- 15/9414
- Barcode
- 159414.000
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Trumpet with animal design
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Modeled, painted, coiled/hand built
- Dimensions
- 31 x 9 cm
- Place
- Cusco (Cuzco) Region; Peru
- See related items
- Nasca (Nazca) (archaeological culture)
- Music and Sound
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_170987
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b7c106fe-e18f-45ff-b18d-2a486e7a0e1c
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