AAM 47.13.11, by Meso & Central American Sound Library Project

AAM 47.13.11

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Sapoá Period (AD 800-1250) turtle-shaped vessel flute (ocarina) with broken airduct assembly and 4 finger holes - Guanacaste Province (Costa Rica) 00:47

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Unprovenienced "Mora Polychrome (Guabal variety)" type aerophone housed at the Art & History Museum (AHM), Brussels, since 1947. It was manufactured in the Guanacaste Province, Nicoya Peninsula (Costa Rica), during the Sapoá Period (AD 800-1250). This flute was formerly part of the Germaine Wenziner private collection. Archaeological region & sub-region: Greater Nicoya, Guanacaste-Nicoya.
Overall dimensions (depth x width x height): 9,87 x 8,42 x 5,02 (cm).
The airduct and right hind leg are partially broken (see picture by clicking on the track name).

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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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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