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AAM 02012.2.106 by Meso & Central American Sound Library Project

Unprovenienced Late Classic Period (AD 600-850) mold-made Maya effigy whistle featuring a high-status standing woman wearing a large headdress, earspools, and refined clothing/jewelry. This aerophone was hypothetically looted in the Jaina Island, Campeche (Mexico), and was formerly part of a private collection donated to the Art & History Museum in 2012.
Pitch variations are obtained by partially reducing/modifying the aperture size by moving the thumbs inwards & outwards.

Overall dimensions (height x width x depth): 25.38 x 11.74 x 8.57 (cm).

Please click on the track names for additional pictures of the instrument.

Tracklist
1.Late Classic Period (AD 600-850) Jaina-style air-ducted Maya whistle figurine of a standing high social status woman - solo1:23
2.Late Classic Period (AD 600-850) Jaina-style air ducted Maya whistle figurine of a standing high social status woman - duo (w. overdub)0:50
Credits
released October 17, 2023

Sonic artifact experimentally played & recorded by J-F Brohée using a Tascam DR-44WL + AKG C414. © KMKG-MRAH
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The MCASL Project aims to share, visually and sonically, a sample of the large pre-Columbian era sound-producing artifacts collection from Mesoamerica and Central America housed at the Royal Museums of Art and History (KMKG-MRAH), Brussels. The development of this audio/data library is part of Jean-François Brohée's doctoral research, funded by a FRESH grant of the F.R.S.-FNRS.