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Musical Instrument16/390 A
Wind Musical Instrument2955/6

Small ceramic whistle or ocarina, with an orange ribbon design on one side and plain white on the other.

Culture
Portuguese
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Barcelos, Braga, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ocarina Musical Instrument2847/17

Clay ocharina in a donut shape, thick and round with a central hole. The inside is hollow with two small holes bored on each side at top. At the front is an animal head(?) with two protruding circular eyes, an ear to one side (the other has been lost) and a large square nose. A windway is bored through the head from top to bottom rear, with a windcutter below. On the opposite side is a forked tail with a thick base, each fork curving and narrowing to where is connects again to the body.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/112

Clay ocarina in the shape of an animal, possibly a ram. The instrument has a round body standing on four widely spaced conical legs and a thick, upcurving tail. The head and face are well defined, with a round snout and open mouth, round incised eyes, and protrusions on the head possibly representing horns. Two small holes are bored into the ocarina, one through the neck, and one into the hollow body, just below the tail.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/132

Clay ocarina. The body is bulbous and squat with a long mouthpiece extending to the front with a windway that opens on a windcutter bored into the body on the underside. Four pitch holes are bored into the top in an evenly spaced square, surrounded by incised dot and line decoration. Behind is a protruding nub with a necklace hole. A ridge circles the back of the body at the midpoint, decorated with incised lines. On the bottom of the instrument is a slightly protruding face with vertical slits for eyes, a large round nose with prominent nostrils and a thick lipped mouth.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/129

Clay ocarina in the shape of an animal head(?). Ocarina is rounded with a short snout, blunt at one end, and has a large hole on the underside that opens into the hollow centre of the object. The top of the head has two curved projections and beneath the right-most a small pitch hole has been bored. To each side are small outcroppings with evidence of missing material. A pitch hole with a slight rim is bored into the back of the head. The bottom of the ocarina is flat.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/127

Clay ocarina in the shape of a jug. The body is long and somewhat bulbous, wider at the base, with a straight neck and thick, slightly flaring rim. The mouth is filled and does not continue into the interior body of the jug. On the outside is a protruding mouthpiece with a windway opening next to an oblong windcutter bored into the hollow body of the ocarina. Next to the mouthpiece is an outcropping necklace ring, and beside that, two pitch holes. The instrument is decorated with brown and orange pigment on body, rim and base.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/126

Clay ocarina in a donut shape. A thin mouthpiece projects at an upward angle from one side of the instrument, containing a windway that opens into a windcutter on the underside. Four pitch holes are bored into the top of the ocarina and three triangular nodes project from the sides, each with a hole bored through. The bottom, sides, and part of the top are decorated with incised lines in curves and triangles.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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