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Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Highland Narino region, Tuza cultural complex, Narino culture, ca. 600 to 1500 CE. A lovely pair of pottery ocarinas: one blackware and another bichrome. Larger of the 2, the blackware instrument presents in the form of a conch shell with the figure of a monkey at the top and a pair of stylized simian figures incised on either side of the blow hole. Liberal remains of red pigment fill the incisions on the surface. Alternatively, the polychrome flute features the form of a snail adorned with red-on-beige triangular, steppe, and lattice motifs. Blow into the mouth of each to produce a melodious tune of up to 4 different tones! Size of larger (blackware): 6.3" L x 2.8" W x 2.5" H (16 cm x 7.1 cm x 6.4 cm)

Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession numbers 2007.74 and 2002.109.

Provenance: private Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA collection, acquired in Colombia in the 1970s

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#188891

  • Condition: Bichrome ocarina has minor chips to blow and thumb holes. Both have light surface wear with nicks and abrasions as shown, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, both are intact, excellent, and playable with nice preservation of decoration.

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