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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 2768135, member: 8267&quot;]I hate to disagree with [USER=45]@Taupou[/USER], but your ocarina may be from a bit farther south in Costa Rica. Similar examples of the multi-animal style, with incised decoration, are attributed to Costa Rica:</p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQBU7LgP_EKxTfWqo2_ILZy95JQVwng5IOcsQ&amp;usqp=CAU" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.catawiki.com/l/26364273-whistle-1-pottery-nicoya-culture-costa-rica" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.catawiki.com/l/26364273-whistle-1-pottery-nicoya-culture-costa-rica" rel="nofollow">https://www.catawiki.com/l/26364273-whistle-1-pottery-nicoya-culture-costa-rica</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/586880289/ocarina-clay-whistle-bird-costa-rica-6?show_sold_out_detail=1&amp;ref=nla_listing_details" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/586880289/ocarina-clay-whistle-bird-costa-rica-6?show_sold_out_detail=1&amp;ref=nla_listing_details" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/586880289/ocarina-clay-whistle-bird-costa-rica-6?show_sold_out_detail=1&amp;ref=nla_listing_details</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a blog entry describing an artisan selling his versions outside the National Museum in San Jose, Costa Rica:</p><p><a href="https://boingboing.net/2011/07/05/ocarina-takes-the-fo.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://boingboing.net/2011/07/05/ocarina-takes-the-fo.html" rel="nofollow">https://boingboing.net/2011/07/05/ocarina-takes-the-fo.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They seem to be based on precolumbian types produced by the Nicoya culture.</p><p><a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/costa-rican-ocarina-waterbird-163j-c-ed21a3e829" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/costa-rican-ocarina-waterbird-163j-c-ed21a3e829" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/costa-rican-ocarina-waterbird-163j-c-ed21a3e829</a></p><p><a href="https://emuseum1.as.miami.edu/objects/11741/ocarina?ctx=9d9e377c-4694-4a7a-ba27-ecfc6cc1fb36&amp;idx=59" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://emuseum1.as.miami.edu/objects/11741/ocarina?ctx=9d9e377c-4694-4a7a-ba27-ecfc6cc1fb36&amp;idx=59" rel="nofollow">https://emuseum1.as.miami.edu/objects/11741/ocarina?ctx=9d9e377c-4694-4a7a-ba27-ecfc6cc1fb36&amp;idx=59</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As they are popular and easily reproduced, it may not be possible to tell if yours is a modern or precolumbian example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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