Huaco Silbador-Peruvian Whistling Vessel - The Happy Fox Mestana Polychrome Jasper

Polychrome Jasper

The curanderos of the Peruvian northern coast use staffs like this one

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Huaco Silbador-Peruvian Whistling Vessel - The Happy Fox Mestana Polychrome JasperReplica of a double bodied whistling vessel with a bridge handle from the Vics culture that represents a happy fox sticking out its tongue as a sign of its happiness and satiety. 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,