Two replicas next to each other of the Divje Babe artefact, possibly the oldest #flute. The left one is ceramic (which I received today), the right one plastic. The plastic one is based on measurements/images in The Origins of Music (MIT Press, 1999), whereas the clay one is based on later research and 100s of reconstructions in wood, bone (mostly brown bear), and eventually clay.
The ceramic one is nicer to hold and play, with a louder and cleaner sound. #History#Archaeomusicology#Prehistory
@ekknappenberger 🤣 Did you know “Divje babe" means "wild elderly women” implying "witches”, so I think you've possibly just said something that sort of works in Slovenian.
Jazz witcches? Now that may lead to some truly spell-binding jazz gigs!
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