Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- T. Hewitt Myring (Thomas Hewitt Myring), Non-Indian, 1860-1916
- Previous owner
- T. Hewitt Myring (Thomas Hewitt Myring), Non-Indian, 1860-1916
- Previous seller
- T. Hewitt Myring (Thomas Hewitt Myring), Non-Indian, 1860-1916
- Previous owner
- Henry Vanden Bergh (Henry Van Den Berg/Henry Vanden Berg), Non-Indian, 1851-1937
- Seller
- Henry Vanden Bergh (Henry Van Den Berg/Henry Vanden Berg), Non-Indian, 1851-1937
- Collection History
- Excavated by Thomas Hewitt Myring (1860-1916, who was employed by a mining company with interests in South America), probably between 1908 and 1909; purchased by Henry Vanden Bergh (1851-1937, a Dutch margarine manufacturer and art collector living in London) from Thomas Myring in 1909; purchased by George Heye from Henry Vanden Bergh in 1927 in London, England.
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- Date created
- AD 100–700 (Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon period)
- Catalog Number
- 15/7503
- Barcode
- 157503.000
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Trumpet
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Modeled, painted
- Dimensions
- 36 x 7.5 x 20 cm
- Place
- Cerro Santa Ana (Cerro Constancia); Casa Grande; Ascope Province; La Libertad Region; Peru (inferred)
- Geographical Areas
- South America
- See related items
- Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture)
- Music and Sound
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_168897
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e3c2b5a2-2d6e-48c7-ad09-82afed79b2b1
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