Three-tubed whistle flute

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Three-tubed whistle flute,

600–900

Classic Veracruz
Late Classic Period
y1968-135
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Collection Publications: Music in the Land of the Jaguar

Information

Title
Three-tubed whistle flute
Dates

600–900

Medium
Ceramic with traces of polychrome slip-paint
Dimensions
33.1 × 6.4 × 4 cm (13 1/16 × 2 1/2 × 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Object Number
y1968-135
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Veracruz, south-central Veracruz

Marks/Labels/Seals
Painted on verso: CH20
Culture
Classic Veracruz
Period
Postclassic, Early Postclassic
Type
flutes (aerophones), polychrome, ceramics
Materials
polychrome, slip, ceramic, pigment
Subject
figures (representations)

Ralph Chait (?1893-1975), New York, sold to J. Lionberger Davis (1878-1973), Princeton, NJ (CH20) [1]; 1968, gift to the Princeton University Art Museum.

Notes:
[1] According to the accession card.

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