Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011

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Panpipes (antara)

200 B.C.–A.D. 750
Length x width: 44.8 x 12.7 cm (17 5/8 x 5 in.)
Cane, cloth, feathers, shell

Classification: Musical instruments

Culture: Nasca culture

Object Place: Southern Coast, Peru

Accession number: 2010.616

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