The Globular Flute is a neolithic

Neolithic

The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...

 flute

Flute

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

 found near the Čaška

Caška

Čaška is a village in Republic of Macedonia. It is the seat of the Čaška Municipality. Near the village historians from Republic of Macedonia found a 6000 year old flute called the "Globular Flute".- References :...

 village in the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

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The subject is a small clay

Clay

Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...

 artifact

Artifact

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 discovered during the archaeological excavations in that area of the
site, which was cultivated by mechanical tools. The object is
made of refined reddish clay and on some places darker color
as a result of fi re is noticed. It is completely preserved
and it has irregular round or globular form with diameter

Diameter

In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle...

 of 4,7
centimeters and hollow interior

Interior

Coastal regions of a territory are often the most densely populated due to their greater economic productivity or colonial history. This leads to a contrast with the interior of the territory, which is sparsely populated...

. Surface of the flute is without
decorative elements. It has three holes with different diameters (0,4-0,6 centimeters) placed as apexes of a triangle

Triangle

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The apex positioned at the top of the imaginative triangle is
wider than the other two and in that part the fi nd is partially
leveled. The other holes are identical

Identical

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. The application of
ir had been unknown but doubts that the object is a musical
instrument have been confirmed. Namely, completed expertise
has shown that this archaeological object is a globular flute.