Peruvian Ocarina Instrument
This is a flute-like instrument called an Ocarina painted in a traditional Peruvian Style. This Ocarina is made from red earthenware clay and beautifully painted. This instrument is in good condition with no known damage and is also in working condition.
approx: 3 3/4in long, widest point 2 3/4in
Weight: 0.1lbs

History: With a history that goes around the world only to come back again, the little Ocarina flute can boast of both an ancient pedigree and international appeal. From the innumerable, incredibly old samples of ocarinas unearthed in historic sites in Central and South America, to the modern plastic models that have become the addictive hobbies of video gamers, the story of the ocarina is worth telling. The story of the ocarina resumes several hundred years later and across the sea from the Americas. Italian craftsmen had taken the ocarina in hand and by the 1800s were creating models capable of playing complete western scales. One popular account tells of a 17-year-old brickmaker named Giuseppe Donati, who relieved the tedium of his work by crafting fippled flutes he supposedly dubbed 'ocarinas', meaning 'little geese'. Donati was a fine musician and in addition to vending his ocarinas from his workshop, he organized an ocarina orchestra that toured Europe in the mid-19th century, rendering period and Baroque music.- http://www.nativefluteswalking.com/ocarina-andean-flute.shtml