please help identifying item!

please help, I'm trying to research this latin american ocarina I have, but I cant even distinguish it between mayan or inca or what. I picked it up at value village for 5 bucks, still holds a tune. I would really like to know more about this item if anyone can help.

I doubt its even an antique but i'd still like to know what it represents.

its 7 inches tall and 3.5 inches wide. 4 hole'd ocarina, clay or some type of pottery/ceramic(im terrible at identifying material).






thanks!

The first one looks like a decorative spear head..the second looks like a more plain one...

Just guessing though xD

Originally posted by MzMorbid
The first one looks like a decorative spear head..the second looks like a more plain one...

Just guessing though xD

lol, the second one is the back of the first one.... sorry i guess i should have clarified.

plus its an ocarina (flute like instrument) definitely not spearhead. plus 7 inches tall would be a massive spearhead lol

Oh silly me for not reading correctly, although i did say decorative

Very beautiful though.

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hey I did some research and narrowed it down a bunch- Its definately fron the pre-columbian culture, I beleive it to be the god of fertility - Xipe Totec

The rites of Xipe Totec (The Flayed God) were undoubtedly the cruellest though their purpose was beneficial. Humans sacrificed to him not only lost their lives but were literally stripped of their hides. The skins were then worn by the priests in ceremonies symbolizing the sacrifice of the fertility god, who had allowed himself to be flayed alive so that seedlings might like-wise shed their husks and escape the confining earth to produce the crops which sustained all life.

but im still doing research to make sure WHICH diety it is. definately pre-columbian culture though...