Ceramic double whistling vessel. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/03/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Ceramic double whistling vessel. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/03/2016]
Long description: Ceramic double whistling vessel. One half of the vessel is in bird form and the other is a globular bottle with plain spout. The two halves are joined at the top by a horizontal bridge. There are 2 whistling holes on each side of the bird's head, and its beak is perforated. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/03/2016]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; La Libertad Region Trujillo Province
Person: Field collector J.H. Spottiswoode; Field collector John Roderick Charles Herbert-Spottiswoode; PRM source J.H. Spottiswoode; PRM source John Roderick Charles Herbert-Spottiswoode; PRM source British Museum
Date / Period: Date made: 1000-1476 Archaeological period: Chimu
Date collected: By 1921
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Moulded, Process Burnished, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Width: max 90 mm, Height 143 mm, Length 170 mm, Weight 430 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.78.40
Research and responses: Purchased by J.H. Spottiswoode in the Pacasmayo region [BM correspondence]
Associated publications: Collection published in Mowat, Linda. 1988. `The Chimu Potter: Mass-Producer or Master Craftsman?' MEG Newsletter 22:1-33.

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