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Vessel whistle
Vessel whistle

Vessel whistle

possibly before A.D. 1500
Object PlaceChiriqui, Panama
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware
DimensionsLength 13.5 cm, width 9.5 cm, height 5 cm (Length 5 5/16 in., width 3 3/4 in., height 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.2255
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)