Whistling Jar, Late Intermediate (Chimu) (Pre-Columbian), 1000–1476, North Coast, Peru, Chimu, Mold-form clay, 6 5/16 × 3 3/4

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Whistling Jar, Late Intermediate (Chimu) (Pre-Columbian), 1000–1476, North Coast, Peru, Chimu, Mold-form clay, 6 5/16 × 3 3/4 in., 2oz. (16 × cm, 67g), Aerophone-Blow Hole-vessel flute, Although numerous pottery instruments survive from pre-Conquest South and Central America, little is known of how they were used before Spanish invaders ravaged the native cultures. Whistles, trumpets and rattles in animal or human form probably had ceremonial functions or served as playthings

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