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is inserted in the bore and forms the mouthpiece. To the lower end 



is attached a tlariug riiu made of a piece of gourd gayly colored. The 

 mouthpiece is somewhat mutilated, making it 

 impossible to obtain the scale of the instru- 

 ment. It is from Zuhi, New Mexico. Length, 

 13 inches; diameter, 1 inch. 



Fig. 232 is an instrument made of pottery, 

 lately received by the National Museum from 

 Mr. H. D. Thompson, of Moline, Illinois. Its 

 remarkable similarity to specimens from Central 

 and South America was deemed of sufficient im- 

 portance to justify a description in this paper. 

 According to Mr. Thompson, it was found sev- 

 eral feet below the surface in the Mississippi 

 Kiver drift while excavating for a factory foun- 

 dation. It is the only specimen of its kind found 

 in the eastern or central United States that has 

 thus far come to our notice. Its shape is that 

 of an animal head (somewhat cat-like). By re- 

 ferring to the sketch it will be seen that the 

 whistling mechanism is in the mouth of the 

 animal and the eyes served as sound or finger 

 holes. Unfortunately the mouthpiece is broken 

 and the original scale of the instrument can 

 not be given. Three notes, however, were pos- 

 sible. Pottery whistles of bird and animal 

 shapes are 

 frequentl y 

 found in 

 M exico, 

 C en tral 

 and South 

 America, 

 as will be 

 seen later, 

 and the 

 whistling 



apparatus in all is identical with 



the one here figured. Mr. Thomp- 

 son (the owner) was somewhat 



skeptical as to the antiquity of 



this instrument, but the writer 



can only say that if it had been 



received from Central America 



its genuineness would not have been questioned, so closely does it 



resemble the pottery whistles from that region. 



Fig 231 



FLAGEOLET. 



Zuiii, New Mexico. 



Cat. No. 96479, U.S.N. M. 



Fig. 232. 

 POTTERY WHISTLE. 



Molina, Illinois. 



Cat. No. 1952G9, U.S.N.M. Natural t 



