AAM 48.26.317 by Meso & Central American Sound Library Project
Late pre-Classic (300 B.C.- A.D. 200) or Early Classic (A.D. 200-400) unprovenienced double edge-tone tubular fipple flute drilled with eight finger holes (four per pipe). This aerophone was probably manufactured in the present-day state of Colima (or Jalisco) during the Late Ortices (500 B.C.- A.D. 300) or Comala Phase (A.D. 100-700).
The sonic artifact was part of the A. & C. Van Kerkhove private collection and was donated to the Royal Museums of Art and History (KMKG-MRAH) on December 1, 1947. The presence of framed apertures with hemmed sidewalls (left & right flutes) is worth mentioning. This instrument is unique in that only the left aperture is equipped with a hood, which limits access to higher regimes of oscillation and higher harmonics for the corresponding pipe. This results in an imbalance in acoustic behavior between each tube depending on the general blowing pressure level applied at the mouthpiece airducts inlet.
Overall dimensions (height x width x depth): 27.38 x 4.06 x 2.13 (cm).
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Credits
Sonic artifact experimentally played & recorded by J-F Brohée using a pair of Neumann KM183 & a Universal Audio 710 Twin-Finity preamplifier. © KMKG-MRAH.
