{"id":2492,"date":"2017-01-15T18:15:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T08:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:33:09","slug":"nicaragua-whistle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?p=2492","title":{"rendered":"NICARAGUA &#8211; Whistle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?attachment_id=2493\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2493\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicaragua-Bird-Whistle-Toucan-1.jpg\" alt=\"nicaragua-bird-whistle-toucan-1\" width=\"1156\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicaragua-Bird-Whistle-Toucan-1.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicaragua-Bird-Whistle-Toucan-1-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicaragua-Bird-Whistle-Toucan-1-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicaragua-Bird-Whistle-Toucan-1-1024x797.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicaragua-Bird-Whistle-Toucan-1-385x300.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1156px) 100vw, 1156px\" \/><\/a>PLACE REPRESENTED:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nicaragua<\/p>\n<p>ITEM:\u00a0Whistle<\/p>\n<p>NOTES:\u00a0A beautifully detailed ornament that doubles as a two hole whistle. You blow air in through the tail and change pitch by opening and closing holes on the birds back. The bird depicted is a Nicaraguan keel-billed Toucan I think. Nifty though my mastery of the instrument is limited. There is a story behind the &#8220;Nicaraguan Bird Whistle&#8221; rise to tourist trinket: they are locally made and they help feed local underprivileged children.\u00a0They are made around the Granada town area by Heliberto &amp; Family Handcrafted Ceramics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pPZgdtoFqIE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pPZgdtoFqIE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YEAR (APPROXIMATE):\u00a02016<\/p>\n<p>MADE FROM:\u00a0clay<\/p>\n<p>MADE IN: \u00a0Nicaragua<\/p>\n<p>MANUFACTURER:\u00a0Heliberto &amp; Family Handcrafted Ceramics<\/p>\n<p>DIMENSIONS:\u00a09cm \u00a0long\u00a0,\u00a08cm\u00a0high<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?attachment_id=2498\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2498\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2498\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicaragua-Bird-Whistle-Toucan-4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"nicaragua-bird-whistle-toucan-4\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?attachment_id=2499\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2499\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2499\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicaragua-Bird-Whistle-Toucan-5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"nicaragua-bird-whistle-toucan-5\" width=\"93\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?attachment_id=2494\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2494\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2494\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicaragua-Bird-Whistle-Toucan-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"nicaragua-bird-whistle-toucan-2\" width=\"94\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?attachment_id=2496\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2496\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2496\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicaragua-Bird-Whistle-Toucan-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"nicaragua-bird-whistle-toucan-3\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?attachment_id=2500\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2500\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2500\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicaragua-Bird-Whistle-Toucan-6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"nicaragua-bird-whistle-toucan-6\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLACE REPRESENTED:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nicaragua ITEM:\u00a0Whistle NOTES:\u00a0A beautifully detailed ornament that doubles as a two hole whistle. You blow air in through the tail and change pitch by opening and closing holes on the birds back. 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