Wind Musical Instrument

Item number 2847/125 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Clay ocarina in the shape of a bird. A thick, flat tail serves at the mouthpiece, with a windway that opens into a windcutter on the underside. Short wings are attached to a round body with two pitch holes bored into the chest. A small oblong head with a pointed beak sits on top of a curved neck with a hole bored horizontally though. On the underside are two rounded stubs that balance the bird and allow it to sit upright. The back and wings are decorated with curved lines of brown and orange pigment.