Turkey Effigy Ocarina

300 BC-AD 200

13.4 cm 12.5 cm 7.6 cm

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Sixteenth-century Spanish chroniclers recount the playing of ocarinas by Aztec participants and audience members alike during processions in Tenochtitlan (Mexico City). The simplicity of playing an ocarina removed the instrument from one of exclusivity requiring extensive prac...

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Acquired by John G. Bourne, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
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