Whistling Water Jar

date

800-1399

creation place

South America, Colombia

medium & support

Sculpted earthenware

measurements

10 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (25.7 x 23.5 x 24.77 cm)

credit line

Gift of Lucy Ball Owsley

accession number

1979.013.001

keywords

acoustics, anthropomorphic figure, civilization, container, culture, drinking-vessel, human figure, instrument, jar, materiality, nourishment, nutrition, Pre-Columbian, shape, signal, society, tableware, vessel, whistling

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