AAMD Object Registry

2008.186

Object Information

Accession Number: 2008.186
Object Title: Pottery whistle
Measurements: 26.67 cm (10 ½ in.)
Creation Date: A.D. 1000-1500
Credit Line: Gift from the Collection of Shirley and Hy Zaret
Institution: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Culture: Taino
Country of Origin: United States
Object Type: Pottery whistle
Materials / Techniques: Earthenware
Object URL:

http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?coll_accession=2008.186

Provenance Information

1999, J. Osario, Canada; 1999, sold by Osario to Lands Beyond Gallery, New York; sold by Lands Beyond to Hy and Shirley Zaret, Westport, CT; 2008, gift of Shirley Zaret to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2008)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This Taino whistle comes from Puerto Rico, a commonwealth territory of the United States .