Bicameral whistling vessel with bridge handle

Vaso fischiatore, XV-XVI sec. d.C. (Inca, post conquista spagnola)

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Titolo dell'opera:

Bicameral whistling vessel with bridge handle

Acquisizione:

J. Puccio 1927 acquisto

Ambito culturale:

cultura Inca

Object Type:

vase

Epoca:

XV-XVI - 1401 - 1600

Misure:

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 15; Larghezza: 10; Lunghezza: 20.5

Provenienza (nazione):

Perù

Tecnica:

argilla- a stampo

Descrizione:

Lemon yellow whistling vase, with a slightly convex bottom and two biconical chambers joined by the ventral connection. One vertical neck has an everted edge, while the other is surmounted by a crouching zoomorphic plastic figurine, which has a hole under the tail. Two other holes were made on the side walls of the rectangular section handle.