Panpipes
60-14-75
From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 60-14-75 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Maya |
Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | mold made? unpainted but pipes are polished, the three pipes are cylindrical tubes with flat distal ends having one hole in center, graduated in size, shortest has three holes on top two on bottom, middle two holes on top, longest one hole on top and broken distal end, proximal ends are closed but joined at upper surface inn mouthpiece, mold made[?] human head with animal headdress appliqued to upper surface of mouthpiece |
Length | 21.3 cm |
Width | 10.4 cm |
Thickness | 0.3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 3.6 cm |
Credit Line | Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960 |
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