Ocarina 2 Note Whistle - Puma
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- Product Size: 4" L x 1" H x 1.25" W
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This hand made clay ocarina bears the form of a Puma from the Nazca era of Peruvian history. Sculpted by ethnomusicologist Jose Vitancio Humeres of Peru, it is a replica of an original design. "I think the sounds these instruments make were to create positive energy," says Vitancio Humeres.
Constructed of a single whistle and 1 finger holes it can play 2 unique notes. A functional whistling vessel and a brilliant piece of art. Made in Peru.
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- Jose Vitancio Humeres
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Born in Cuzco, graduated in Administration and International Business, specialist musician in traverse flute and recognized as a Quechua ethnomusicologist by the San Antonio Abad National University of Cuzco. For more than 20 years he has carried out studies of pre-Hispanic musical instruments from ancient pre-Hispanic cultures such as Chavín, Moche, Nazca, Chincha and Inca to replicate musical objects. His research is based on the work of leading specialists such as D'Harcourt, Bolaños, Aretz and Hickmann.
Link to an Article: RESEARCHER OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF ANDE JOSE VITANCIO
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The Nazca culture was the archaeological culture that flourished from circa 100 BC to 800 AD on the southern coast of Peru, in the river valleys of the Rio Grande de Nazca drainage and the Ica Valley. This Pre-Columbian society is characterized by its polychrome pottery, painted with at least 12 distinct colors. The Nazca believed in powerful nature spirits who were thought to control most aspects of life. They visualized these nature spirits in the form of mythical beings, creatures having a combination of human and animal/bird/fish characteristics, and painted them onto their pottery. (Source: Wikipedia)
All the replica Nazca-style pottery that we carry is well researched, made with passion, effort, dedication, inspiration, with special attention and a deep identification of Peruvian cultures, to revalue the ancestral knowledge and technology of Pre-Columbian Peru.
