PREHISTORIC ART. 



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MISSOURI (MOUNDS). 



Whistles {limonite concretions).— Oertam whistles have been fouiifl, 

 principally in Missouri, which beloiig to the epoch of the Mound Uuikl- 



ers or are surely pre-Columbian. 



They are limonite concretions which have 

 been opened at one end, presumably where 

 the crust is thinnest, the clay nucleus has 

 been removed so as to leave a hollow inte- 

 rior and the opened end of the shell ground 

 to a beveled edge, moderately sharp and 

 thin, so that being blown against it pro- 

 duces a sound. The United States National 

 Museum possesses a series of four of these. 



Fig. 217. 



WHISTLE, LIMONITE CONCRETION. 



Blaekwater Croek, Saline Couuty, 



Missouri. 



Douglas collection, Museum of Natural History, 



New York. N.atural size. 



Fig. 218. 

 WHISTLE, LIMONITE CONCRETION. 



Blaekwater Creek, Saline County, Missouri. 



Douglas collection, Museum of Natura. History, New York. 

 Natural size. 



A series of five belongs to the collection of Mr. A. E. Douglas, Metro- 

 politan Museum of Natural History, Central Park, New York City. 

 Figs. 217, 218, and 219 represent three of these. The small hole on one 



side near the upper end may have served for 

 suspension as in some specimens it shows signs 

 of wear. They are all from Blaekwater Creek, 



Saline Couuty, Mis- 

 souri, and their mu- 

 sical tones o^ notes 

 are, respectively, as 

 follows : 



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Fig. 219. 



WHISTLE, LIMONITE CONCIIETION. 



lilackwator Creek, Saline 



County, Missouri. 



Douglas collection. Museum of Natural 



History, New York. ' Natural size. 



Fig. 22U. 

 WHISTLE, LIMONITE CONCRETION. 



Chariton County, Missouri. 



Cat. No. 62037, U.S.N.M. Natural size. 



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The specimens in the National Museum received from Mr. C. J. Turner 

 are identical with the foregoing, with the exception of one which is 



