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SKU: 5226-32

Pre- Columbian Whistle Flute

$950.00

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Pre-Columbian

6" H x 5" D

Hand Coiled from Local Clay with a Bird Shaped Head on Top and with a Lucite Stand

In Good Condition with Cracks and has Been Repaired

Pre-Columbian whistle flutes (also known as vessel flutes, ocarinas, or simply ceramic whistles) were small wind instruments crafted primarily from fired clay by ancient civilizations in the Americas before European contact in 1492.

These instruments date back thousands of years, with some examples over 4,000 years old, and were widespread in Mesoamerica (including modern-day Mexico, Guatemala, and parts of Central America) and the Andes region of South America (Peru, Colombia, etc.). Cultures such as the Maya, Aztecs, Totonac, Mixtec, Tairona, and various Costa Rican and Peruvian groups produced them.

Almost always made of ceramic (clay), often shaped as zoomorphic figures (animals like birds, jaguars, dogs, frogs, or ducks) or anthropomorphic (human) forms. The body acts as a resonating chamber (vessel flute or ocarina style), with a mouthpiece (duct or fipple) to direct air, and finger holes (typically 1–6) to change pitch.

Condition: Good

Tribe: Pre Columbian

Year Range: Prehistoric / Pre Columbian AD 400-1500

Region: Mexico - Central and South America

Dimensions: 6 in5 in

Category: Pottery - Pre Columbian

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