580 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



represented in tig. 220. Its form is somewhat like a flattened globe and 

 its note is here given : 



r-^ -g.*— ■ 



The tones emitted by the remaining specimens (not figured) are as 



follows : 

 Specimen, Gat. No. 02034 (Cr.S.:N^.M.), Chariton County, Missouri. 



Specimen, Cat. No. 02035 (U.S.N.M.), Chariton County, Missouri; 



:1: 



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Specimen, Cat. No. 02030 (U.S.N.M.), Chariton County, Missouri; 



Thruston' figures a stone whistle of more elaborate mechanism. It 

 is here reproduced as fig. 221. His description is as follows : 



We may feel assured, however, that the aborigiual Teunesseaus vrere not without 

 musical instruments. The tube or whistle of dark-gray steatite. Hi inches long, 



represented in fig. 190, 



never fails to respond in 

 ample volume to a good 

 pair of lun.i^s, although 

 not always in harmonious 

 notes. The form of this 

 interesting tube clearly 

 indicates its use. It was 

 plowed up in a field in 

 Pleasant Cove, Warren 

 County (Middle Tennes- 

 see), by Mr. John Blanks, 

 and presented by him to 

 its present owner. Dr. Thomas Black, of McMinuville, Tennessee, who kindly loaned 

 it to the writer. The sectional view shows its interior construction, and the artistic 

 and mechanical skill with which it is made. This tine relic appears to be unique. 



VIRGINIA, OHIO, TENNESSEE, ETC. 



Stone tubes, possible musical instruments. — In the National Museum 

 are a number of stone tubes of cylindrical and other forms, of differ- 

 ent lengths. The smaller ones, often only a few inches long, have been 

 thought to be ornaments. A variety of uses are ascribed to the 



Fig. 221. 



STONK WHISTLE. 



Warren County, middle Tennessee. 



Thruston, Antiquities of Tennessee, p. 2s3, fig. 190. 



'Antiquities of Tennessee, p. 283. 



