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cord which passes through the holes in the clappers and through the 

 body of the bell on each side so that it can be tied or joined. The 

 instrument will be better understood by an examination of the figure. 



Islands of the South Pacific Ocean, Polynesia. 



Fig. 199 represents the Pandean pipes, or Pipes of Pan, from tlie Fiji 

 Islands. (Collected by Mr. J. M. Brower, United States consul.) Four 

 pieces of cane of different lengths are placed together parallel and 

 fastened by fine wire which has been i)assed around each of the four 

 and then drawn into several strands between each cane respectively, 



Fig. 198. 

 WOODEN RATTLE. 



a, completed drawing; b, longitudinal section. 

 Mayumba, Africa. 



Cat. No. 95216, U.S.N.M. | natural size. 



thus forming a solid piece. The open ends are on a line, their orifices 

 charred smooth, and the lower ends are closed by being cut at a joint 

 of the cane. The longest cane is I inches in length, the shortest 3 

 inches, and their diameter about n; inch. 



The Greek god Pau is represented as ])laying on this instrument, 

 blowing in the open holes as he passed them back and forth on his lii)s, 

 each pipe sounding a difierent note. 



Specimen, Cat. No. 2827 (U.S.N.M) is a war drum, so called, from 

 the Fiji Islands. It is hollowed out like a trough from a log of hard 



