‘Death whistles’ signaled doom for Aztec sacrifice victims. Hear the ‘screeching’
“Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short, carved instruments made of two opposing chambers where air could clash ...
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‘Death whistles’ signaled doom for Aztec sacrifice victims. Hear the ‘screeching’
“The Aztec death whistle seems to acoustically and ... on listeners with more elaborate mental processes of sound symbolism, signifying the iconographic nature.” Frühholz said that while ...