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The Divje Babe flute, also called tidldibab, is a cave bear femur pierced by spaced holes that was unearthed in 1995 during systematic archaeological excavations led by the Institute of Archaeology of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, at the Divje Babe I near Cerkno in northwestern Slovenia.
The Aurignacian flutes were created between 43,000 and 35,000 years ago. The flutes, made of bone and ivory, represent the earliest known musical instruments and provide unmistakable evidence of prehistoric music. The flutes were found in caves with the oldest known examples of figurative art.
The bone flutes have average dimensions of approximately 20 cm × 1.1 cm (7.9 in × 0.4 in), and are made from the legs of the red-crowned crane. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They are open-ended and vary in the number of their finger holes, from one to eight; the 4 holed version has 3 holes in front and one thumb hole in back.
Instruments such as the seven-holed flute and various types of stringed instruments, such as the Ravanahatha, have been recovered from the Indus Valley civilization archaeological sites. [1] India has one of the oldest musical traditions in the world—references to Indian classical music (marga) are found in the Vedas, ancient Hindu scriptures ...
This was the oldest confirmed musical instrument ever found, [27] until a redating of flutes found in Geißenklösterle cave revealed them to be older, at 42,000 to 43,000 years. [3] The Hohle Fels flute is one of several found in the Hohle Fels cavern next to the Venus of Hohle Fels and a short distance from the oldest known human carving. [28]
Some sources claim this may have been the first all-platinum instrument in the world, and while this is unclear, it was certainly an American first. [ 5 ] [ 13 ] In 1993, Dr. Ellen Ochoa , the first Hispanic woman in space, brought her Haynes flute with her to space, making Haynes flutes the first flutes in space.
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