This Ancient Ocarina, found in Columbia, is a
wind instrument with multiple holes used to vary
pitch and tone. The Ocarina differs from a flute
in shape, and by the fact that the player usually
blows across the blowhole rather than into it, as
with a flute. This particular Ocarina, in the form
of a conch shell with small monkey figure, is
more than a functional instrument—-it is an
aesthetic statement of the now extinct
Columbian culture. The artist of this piece has
carved an intricate zigzag pattern on the base,
and has accented the piece with the personality
of the small monkey who clings to the side.
Clearly, both music and aesthetics were an
integral part of this ancient culture.
- (PF.2784)
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