Vicus Erotic Whistling Stirrup Vessel
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Vicus Erotic Whistling Stirrup Vessel

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North Coast, Peru, Ca. 400 AD.

Globular bodied ocerina whistling vessel with twin phallic spouts at either side joined by a bridge handle. Whistles out of one spout and with tiny vent holes at base of other. Traces of umber resist design decoration.  
Size 8 inches H. x 10 inches span  
Provenance: Florida Coll acq Seminole Estate Auctions, Orange City FL. 
Compare similar examples in Checan, Essays on Erotic Elements in Peruvian Art by Rafael Larco Hoyle, Nagel publishers, 1965, for a similar example. 

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