Frog whistle
Object Details
- Culture/People
- possibly Tumaco–La Tolita (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Expedition leader
- Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
- Expedition
- Isla del Morro-Colombia Expedition (1914)
- Expedition sponsor
- Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated in 1914 during the Isla del Morro-Colombia Expedition, led by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) and funded by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
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- Date created
- 350 BC–AD 350 (Inguapí II phase)
- Catalog Number
- 3/8506
- Barcode
- 038506.000
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Frog whistle
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, incised
- Dimensions
- 6 x 5 x 3 cm
- Place
- Mound 2; Isla del Morro; Tumaco Municipality; Nariño Department; Colombia
- Island Name
- Isla del Morro
- See related items
- Tumaco–La Tolita (archaeological culture)
- Music and Sound
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_41237
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6bc8ccfd4-8b25-4846-bb3a-9ae9640835fa
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