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AAM 47.13.27 by Meso & Central American Sound Library Project

This unprovenienced "Buenos Aires-Úraba Polychrome" type globular flute (ocarina) features a bird of unidentified species (Tinamiformes order?). It has been housed at the Art & History Museum (AHM), Brussels, since 1947 and was manufactured in the Puntarenas Province, Buenos Aires Canton (Costa Rica), during the Chiriquí Phase (AD 800-1550). This aerophone was formerly part of the Germaine Wenziner private collection. Archaeological region & sub-region: Greater Chiriquí, Diquís.

Overall dimensions (height x width x depth): 9,42 x 5,56 x 7,41 (cm)

Please click on the track name for an additional picture of the instrument.

Tracklist
1.Bird-shaped Chiriquí Phase (AD 800​-​1550) globular flute (ocarina) drilled with two finger holes - performed with two gourd rattles (w. overdubs)1:03
Credits
released October 26, 2023

Sonic artifact experimentally played & recorded by J-F Brohée using a pair of Neumann KM183 & a Universal Audio 710 Twin-Finity preamplifier.
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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.