Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011

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Whistle

600–175 BC
Length x width x depth: 20.5 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm (8 1/16 x 2 x 1 13/16 in.)
Clay, pigment

Classification: Musical instruments

Culture: Paracas culture

Object Place: Southern Coast, Peru

Accession number: 2010.617

Provenance/Ownership History: Before 1978, father of Joseph Espinoza, Brazil; 1978, by descent to his son, Joseph Espinoza, Toronto, Canada; between 2004 and 2007, sold by Espinoza to Arte Xibalba, Osprey, Florida; 2007, sold by Arte Xibalba to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 2010, gift of Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 2010)

Gift of Douglas Deihl