The Met’s catalogue: a trumpet
Date in the source: 100–800; API numeric search bounds 100–800
The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogue identifies object 501851 (accession 89.4.1285) as “Trumpet”, assigns the cultural label “Moche”, gives the material as “Clay”, and displays the date “100–800”.
What this does and does not establish: A source-attributed catalogue description, not independently established material, identity, origin or exact manufacture date. No image or physical object was inspected. The broad 100–800 range is not evidence for activity in every intervening year. The museum country field is a present-day geographic locator, not a claim of an ancient national border.
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