AAM 39.243, by Meso & Central American Sound Library Project

AAM 39.243

by Meso & Central American Sound Library Project

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	1.	Ortices Phase (500 BC-AD 500) double edge-tone tubular whistle or flute with O-shaped hemmed frames and single rear holes - trio with clay rattles and slit drum 01:01	info	buy track
	2.	Ortices Phase (500 BC-AD 500) double edge-tone tubular whistle or flute with O-shaped hemmed frames and single rear holes - solo 00:44	info	buy track

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Unprovenienced Ortices Phase (500 BC-AD 500) double aerophone housed at the Art & History Museum (AHM), Brussels, since July 1939. It was hypothetically manufactured in the border zone between the present-day states of Colima and Jalisco (West Mexico). This flute was formerly part of the Germaine Wenziner private collection.

It is worth mentioning that the highest-pitched tones are generated by the left tube, not by the right one, a rather unusual organological feature in this region.

Overall dimensions (height x width x depth): 10.17 x 3.72 x 1.90 (cm).
Please click on the track names for an additional picture of the instrument (or spectrogram).

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released October 13, 2023

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

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Meso & Central American Sound Library Project Brussels, Belgium

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. ... more