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Ocarina in the Form of a Seated Figure
- Culture: Tairona
- Medium: Ceramic
- Place Made: Colombia
- Dates: 1200
- Dimensions: 4 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (12.4 x 10.5 x 3.8 cm)
- Collections: Arts of the Americas
- Museum Location:
This item is not on view - Accession Number: 71.128
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Tessim Zorach
- Image: Overall, 71.128.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Ocarina in the form of a seated figure of a man or bat deity wearing a fan headdress. The area where the figure is resting is bound by two serpents and wind instrument is decorated by incision marks that are filled with white paint. The front of the figure has four air vents; the back has three. Condition: generally good. There is a repair to proper left side of the crown: three areas have been broken off and repaired; also, each side of the upper corner has a small chip.
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum