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AAM 47.13.36 by Meso & Central American Sound Library Project

This unprovenienced "Buenos Aires Polychrome" type aerophone featuring a lowland paca (Cuniculus paca) has been housed at the Art & History Museum (AHM), Brussels, since 1947. It was manufactured in the Puntarenas Province, Buenos Aires Canton (Costa Rica), during the Chiriquí Phase A (800-1200 AD). This flute was formerly part of the Germaine Wenziner private collection. Archaeological region & sub-region: Greater Chiriquí, Diquís.
Overall dimensions (depth x width x height): 6,08 x 3,09 x 4,67 (cm).
Please click on the track name for an additional picture of the instrument.

Tracklist
1.Chiriquí Phase (AD 800-1550) globular air-ducted flute (ocarina) drilled with two finger holes - Puntarenas Province, Buenos Aires Canton (Costa Rica) - solo improvisation0:31
Credits
released October 12, 2023

Sonic artifact experimentally played & recorded by J-F Brohée using a pair of Neumann KM183. © 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.