Detail from IV Ca 2625 d + IV Ca 2625 e + IV Ca 2625 v | Photographer: Claudia Obrocki | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Clay flute
Ocarina (globular flute). 6.7 x 3.3 cm. Light-coloured body, mouthpiece painted red, polished, otherwise remains of Maya blue, unpolished. Late Postclassic (ca. 1350-5121 AD). Origin High Valley of Mexico. Uhde Collection. The instrument has a short slit-shaped aeroduct, a square cut-away and a globular resonance body with a finger hole and two eyelets for suspension. The symbolism of the applied elements is unclear. The band wrapped around the resonating body could represent a cord, a snake or the arms and tail of a monkey; the slightly curved extension has been interpreted as a bird's tail. It is possibly a "pigeon flute" (huilacapitztli). (Adje Both, 2004)
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Azteken
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 3 cm
Depth: 6,1 cm
Width: 3,3 cm
Depth: 6,1 cm
Width: 3,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
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Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 2625 v
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when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
High Valley of Mexico
who
Azteken
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Carl Adolf Uhde (1792-02-02 - 1856-11-17) - Collectors
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