Vessel whistle
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Object PlaceEcuador
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware
DimensionsHeight 5.3 cm, width 4.1 cm, depth 2.9 cm (Height 2 1/16 in., width 1 5/8 in., depth 1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.344
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
Provenance1980, sold by a German collector, Quito, Ecuador, to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984); June 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Skinner Auctions, Boston.
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
after A.D. 1600
after A.D. 1600
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
A.D. 550–750
before A.D. 1600
before A.D. 1600
before A.D. 1600
A.D. 800–1200
after A.D. 1600