Huaco Silbador-Peruvian Whistling Vessel - River Duck South America and in the jungles

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Huaco Silbador-Peruvian Whistling Vessel - River Duck South America and in the junglesThis chambered hollow clay replica of a pre Columbian whistling vessel bears the likeness of a river duck. Sculpted by ethnomusicologist Jose Vitancio Humeres of Peru, it is a replica of an original design. "I think the sounds these instruments make were to create positive energy," says Vitancio Humeres. Constructed of two chambers, as well as a system of air ducts and aqueducts, the vessel is filled partially with water, and when held and tipped,