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Small Toy Whistle
Unknown3000 - 2500 B.C.E.
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Small toy whistle in the shape of a hen, of reddish clay painted with red stripes to represent feathers. Hollow, with a flat base and a hole in the tail which produces a whistle when one blows into it. The eyes are indicated by two applied circles of pottery.
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Details
- Title: Small Toy Whistle
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 3000 - 2500 B.C.E.
- Location Created: Chanhu Daro, Pakistan
- Type: Recreation, Toy
- Rights: A. Augustus Healy Fund
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3420/Small_Toy_Whistle
- Medium: Hand-modeled baked clay with polychromy
- Period: Indus Valley Civilization
- Dimensions: 2 1/8 x 2 9/16 in. (5.4 x 6.5 cm)
- Culture: Harappa
- Collection: Asian Art
- Accession number: 37.38
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