AAM 48.26.234, by Meso & Central American Sound Library Project

AAM 48.26.234

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Chupícuaro Phase (ca. 500 BC-AD 100) zoomorphic air ducted ocarina with an elliptic cylinder-shaped resonator drilled with four finger holes - improvisation with two gourd rattles (w/ overdubs) 02:11

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Unprovenienced Chupícuaro style air ducted zoomorphic (see the incised limbs on the lateral sides of the artifact) ocarina with an elliptic cylinder-shaped resonator drilled with four finger holes and two suspension holes. This carefully polished red-on-buff wind instrument dates to the Late Formative Period (500 BC-AD 100) and has possibly been retrieved/looted in the southeastern area of the Lerma River basin (Guanajuato, Mexico). From a purely organological point of view, this vessel flute has been deftly crafted (e.g., the meticulous edge-tone assembly). The aperture size is relatively small, so little air pressure is required to get a clear tone. However, amplitude and pitch are strongly impacted by variations in the blowing pressure level.
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.

Overall dimensions (depth x width x height): 4.82 x 3.91 x 2.89 (cm).

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released November 24, 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