Palaeolithic Clarinet (Hohle Fels)

Instrument Type:
aerophone (single-reed instrument)
Culture:
unkown
Find Spot:
Hohle Fels, Germany
Period:
Palaeolithic / Aurignacian
Time Frame:
38,000 BC
Material:
bone (volture wing bone) / birch bark / synthetic sinew
Dimensions:
22,5 x 1 x 1 cm
Weight:
30 gr.
Price:
on request

The remaining fragments of the find suggest a single-reed instrument with four or five fingerholes. The reconstruction is made from the wing bone of a volture, a protected species. For scientific purposes original volture bones can be obtained and provided with a CITES document. It is possible to produce 3D prints made on the basis of computertomographical scans of original volture bones.

 

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