Musical pipe with owl head
Musical pipe with owl head

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Musical pipe with owl head,

600–900

Classic Veracruz
Late Classic Period
y1982-26
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Collection Publications: Music in the Land of the Jaguar

Information

Title
Musical pipe with owl head
Dates

600–900

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 36.2 cm., diam. 3.0 cm. (14 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard H. Bernheim Jr., Class of 1959
Object Number
y1982-26
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Veracruz, Gulf Coast

Culture
Classic Veracruz
Period
Late Classic
Type
flutes (aerophones), ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
mythology, owls

1982, gift of Leonard H. Bernheim Jr. (1937-2000), New York, to the Princeton University Art Museum.

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