Palaeolithic Mammoth Tusk Flute (Geißenklösterle Cave)

Instrument Type:
aerophone (cross-blown flute)
Culture:
unkown
Find Spot:
Geißenklösterle Cave, Germany
Period:
Palaeolithic / Aurignacian
Time Frame:
38,000 BC
Material:
bone (mammoth tusk) / birch pitch / reindeer sinew
Dimensions:
22 x 1,3 x 1,3 cm
Weight:
26 gr.
Production Time:
on request
Price:
on request

The remaining fragments of the find suggest a cross-blown flute with three or four finger holes. The reconstructed version of this instrument can be played as a cross-blown flute or, with an attached single-reed mouthpiece, as a clarinet.

 

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