Whistling bottle
In ancient Peru, the macaw is associated with death. This clay vessel was produced using a mould, then painted. Inside the macaw’s beak is a whistle. The vessel would be partially filled with water and rocked; sound is produced by movement of the air through the chambers. The whistling animates the pot.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 49/1916/13
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Religion and magic
- Collection Area Region
- S
- Material
- terracotta potterypigment
- Common Name
- whistling bottle
- Simple Name
- whistling bottle
- Production Town
- Callao
- Production County
- North Coast
- Production Country
- Peru
- Production Year Low
- 450AD
- Production Year High
- 550AD
