Wind Musical Instrument Item Number: 2847/113 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Clay ocarina in the shape of an animal, possibly a jaguar. A thick tail contains a windway with a windcutter beneath, and widens into the body of an animal decorated with black spots standing on four legs. Holes are bored into the instrument’s hollow inner chamber from each side of the torso, the neck, and through the protruding ears. Two elongated holes are bored through the cheeks as well. A small perforation serves as a mouth.