Sonidos Ancestrales, excellent exhibit of Classic Maya ceramic artifacts that show Maya musical instruments
Posted March 17, 2023 by Nicholas Hellmuth
The impressive exhibit, SONIDOS ANCESTRALES, opened on March 15, 2023, at the spacious facility of the Colegio Interamericano, Guatemala City. This exhibit is courtesy of ceramic artifacts from Fundacion La Ruta Maya. There was a gala opening dinner with Fernando Paiz and Sofia Parades of the collection of Fundacion La Ruta Maya, plus hundreds of other people. There was an hour of presentations by a series of enthusiastic speakers (each one 5 to 10 minutes). Both Fernando Paiz and Sofia Parades spoke, as did other individuals.
The exhibit itself is helpful because instead of the usual museum exhibit of large bright-colored art, this is a scientific exhibit of artifacts. So musical instruments are included even though small and with no paint on this. I like this kind of true archaeological exhibit. Since everything was under glass, not realistic to photograph (and obviously photos already exist) so I show just one example. You need two photos of each musical artifact: where the sound comes out (as we show here) and where you put your lips to blow into the inner chamber.
Worth visiting, and if your museum anywhere in the world would like to have this kind of exhibit, simply contact the Fundacion La Ruta Maya. You can see more by the video of when these works of art were exhibited in Antigua Guatemala:
www.larutamaya.com.gt/recorrido-virtual-por-la-exposicion-sonidos-ancestrales/
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