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Whistling pots were typical ancient Peruvian pottery forms. When
the liquid was tipped or poured, air was pushed out through a duct
in one of the spouts and a faint whistling note was produced, often
from the mouth of a modelled animal or bird. This pot has a small
animal figure on the top of one spout. It was made in the pre-Columbian
era, and was dug up some time before 1911 by local people working
in a field.
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database record 1911.52.2
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