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Panpipes (antara)

A.D. 200–600
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: red slip paint
DimensionsLength 46 cm, width 18 cm, thickness 2.5 cm (Length 18 1/8 in., width 7 1/16 in., thickness 1 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.332
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBy about 1930, private collection, Texas; before 1982, acquired by James Economos, New York; 1982, sold by Economos to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
Restricted: For reference only
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Vessel flute
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Restricted: For reference only
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Vessel flute
after A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
after A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Vessel whistle (?)
A.D. 550–750
Vessel whistle
before A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
before A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
before A.D. 1600