Accession No

2025.11


Description

A small whistle in the form of a crouched human with tall headdress.


Place

Americas; South America; Ecuador; Santa Elena Province; La Libertad


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic


Source

Rumble, Greville (Dr) [donor and excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2025.11; MAA: MN0353


Cultural Affliation


Material

Pottery; Ceramic


Local Term


Measurements

23mm x 46mm x 25mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
A loose note accompanying the donation reads: Huancavilca Culture
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by the donor at Geoffrey Bushnell's Site B, when a child. They came from within and just outside the wall surrounding the Port Superintendent's house, which was very near the mole and maps to Site B. Most of Site B was outside the plot wall and the dry friable earth was, even in 1956, 1957 and 1959 when the donor visited Ancón, being eroded so the sherds did not really have to be dug for.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Bushnell, G.H.S. (1951). The Archaeology of the Santa Elena Peninsula in South-West Ecuador. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [site information]
Event Date 1951
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A small whistle in the form of a crouched human with tall headdress.
Event Date 2/7/2025
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:327157

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