Ocarina flute c1987

MIGNANI, Arrigo

Registration number

1089591

Artist/maker

MIGNANI, Arrigo

Title

Ocarina flute

Production date

c1987

Medium

glazed terracotta

Dimensions (H x W x D)

21.5 x 8.5 x 4.3 cm

Credit line

Gift of Budrio Singes-Emilia, Romagna, Italy, 1987
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Arrigo Mignani, Ocarina, gift, 1987, Italy

Summary

Invented in 1853 by Giuseppe Donati, the ocarina is an Italian musical wind instrument belonging to the flute family, Arrigo Mignani, who made this ocarina, produced them from 1963 to the late 1980s.