The ocarina predates European contact by 12000 years

Evidence

An ocarina is essentially a Helmholtz resonator cavity with variable openings controlled by the fingers (figure 13.5). It was invented repeatedly by many societies at least as long as 12,000 years ago, but strangely it was not brought to Europe until 1527, when Cortès sent Aztec dancers and musicians to the court of Emperor Charles V. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1206

Categorization

• CANDY: A neat trivia hook: an instrument invented millennia apart by many societies, yet Europe only encountered it in 1527 via Cortes.