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Item number Sf621 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Blackware double whistling jar; tapering spout is connected by a flat bridge and a short tube to another vessel in the shape of a bird. Features of beak and wings are generalized. Some details, like eyes and legs are modelled. Air intake holes on head.

History Of Use

Mold-made, reduction fired double vessels with whistles are quite typical of the Chimu Style. The double vessel with the single tapering spout is typical of the Lambayeque Style (p.c., Santiago Uceda). The parrot appears in earlier north coast styles as well (Sawyer). Its appearance on the coast is taken as a sign of contact and trade with jungle groups. The whistle spout seems to have originated on the south coast (Sawyer).