Large Colombian Narino Ocarina - Shell Form
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**Originally Listed At $400**
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino culture, ca. 750 to 1250 CE. A hand-built pottery ocarina bearing hand-painted linear decorations using red pigment atop the beige-hued ground. The instrument features a pair of tone holes that create a single note when air is blown transversely atop the hole. One wide end was perhaps used as a handle while the opposite end tapers with incised striations across the surfaces that were perhaps used as a loud rasp. Size: 7.625" L x 2.4" W x 2.7" H (19.4 cm x 6.1 cm x 6.9 cm)
Provenance: private Redwood City, California, USA collection, before 2000
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#183508
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino culture, ca. 750 to 1250 CE. A hand-built pottery ocarina bearing hand-painted linear decorations using red pigment atop the beige-hued ground. The instrument features a pair of tone holes that create a single note when air is blown transversely atop the hole. One wide end was perhaps used as a handle while the opposite end tapers with incised striations across the surfaces that were perhaps used as a loud rasp. Size: 7.625" L x 2.4" W x 2.7" H (19.4 cm x 6.1 cm x 6.9 cm)
Provenance: private Redwood City, California, USA collection, before 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#183508
Condition
Minor abrasions and earthen deposits, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation of pigment.
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Large Colombian Narino Ocarina - Shell Form
Estimate $500 - $750
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