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(2) Pre Columbian Ocarina Pottery Bird Toucan Whistle Pottery Bird Effigy Flute
Listing is for both items in pictures. They are similar in design but not exactly the same.
Glossy finish. Lots of patina. No attempts to clean have been made. Some dirt/clay was noticed to be “leaking” from the inside when handled.
Believed to be pre Columbian Ocarina (globe flute) Pottery Bird Effigy Flute.
These reveal 5 different animals when viewed from different angles: toucan, bird, boar, elephant and ???
Once dismissed as toys or trinkets by archeologists, ocarinas have come to be revered as sacred instruments of the Mayan, Incan and Aztec cultures of Central and South America.
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