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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Four Note Whistle (ocarina)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Four Note Whistle (ocarina)

Maker Costa Rican, Atlantic Watershed
Date1200-1550
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic
Dimensions1 7/8 x 1 x 1 in. (4.8 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Object numberC-86-26
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DescriptionRoughly shaped globular whistle with four holes poked in one side in a square pattern - one end pinched to nipple shaped mouth piece with sounding hole on opposite side as note holes.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
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