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Whistling Vessel

Chimu Bird Water Flute

Chimu, Peru
Chimu

ceramic
ca. 1100-1450 AD

Length: 8 inches

This fine double-chambered whistling vessel depicts a bird with open beak. The physical details are nicely molded and the slip is highly burnished (polished by rubbing).

 

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Catalog#: HWMC