Bird whistle

Museum number:

3-23174

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Accession number:

Acc.2248

Object count:

1

Description:

Pottery whistle; mouthpiece in tail; representing a bird (rooster?); coated white postfiring; green wings; geometric designs in purple and pink; length 5 cm; height 6 cm; hand modeled

Donor:

Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Campeche (city), Campeche, Mexico

Verbatim coll. place:

Mexico; purchased in Campeche; Campeche; attr by S.W. Palmer to Maxcanu, Yucatan or Becal, Campeche.

Collector:

Susan Weikel Palmer

Collection date:

October 31, 1966

Materials:

Ceramic (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Pottery and Whistles

Accession date:

1967

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Loans:

S1969-1970 #7: UC Berkeley Extension/Susan Weikel Palmer (July 16, 1969–August 1, 1969) and S1971-1972 #90: Susan Weikel Palmer (February 12, 1972–February 24, 1972)

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