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Flute depicting a man wearing a headdress

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    Object Details

    Culture/People

    probably Veracruz/Gulf Coast (archaeological culture) (attributed)

    Previous owner

    Robert L. Huber, Non-Indian

    Collection History

    Collection history unknown; acquired by MAI through an exchange with Robert L. Huber (a dealer in Latin American antiquities) in 1964.

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    Date created

    AD 250–900 (Classic period)

    Catalog Number

    23/4048

    Barcode

    234048.000

    Object Type

    Music and Sound

    Object Name

    Flute depicting a man wearing a headdress

    Media/Materials

    Pottery

    Techniques

    Mold-made, modeled, perforated

    Place

    Nopiloa; Joachín (Huachin, Juachina); Tierra Blanca Municipality, Papaloapan Region; Veracruz State; Mexico

    See related items

    Veracruz/Gulf Coast (archaeological culture)
    Music and Sound

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6124d38a1-8720-4783-8b9b-96257bdbacaa

    Record ID

    NMAI_248961

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