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Vessel flute
Guanacaste-Nicoya culture
Period V
A.D. 500–800
Object Place: Costa Rica
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
Length 10.2 cm, width 5.4 cm, height 5.9 cm (Length 4 in., width 2 1/8 in., height 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.365
CollectionsAmericas, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionRed and black on cream slip paint
Provenance1984, sold by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
Improvisation, 2013
Performed by John Burkhalter