PREHISTORIC ART. 



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NICARAGUA. 



WhLsflis or fJagcolets. — There are in tbe Museum a uuniber of pot- 

 tery whistles or flageolets from various localities in ISIicaragua, collected 

 by Dr. J. F. Jhansford and Dr. Earl 

 Fliut, of the United States Navy, and 

 also others lately received from the 

 Nicaraguan Government. The latter 

 are part of the Government collec- 

 tion exhibited at tlie Columbian His- 

 torical Exposition held at Madrid in 

 181)2. 



Fig. 250 represents a grotesque 

 bird-shii])ed whistle of black ware 

 from Onietepe Island, Tiake Nicara- 

 gna. It is part of a collection made 

 by Dr. J. F. Bransford in Nicaragua 

 and described by him in ''Arch;e- 

 ological l\esearches in Nicaragua.'" 

 There are two linger holes in the 

 back and- the head serves as a 

 mouthpiece. A raised fillet forms 

 tiiree notes are as follows: 



Fig. 257. 



POTTERY WHITTLE— ANIMAL HEAD. 



San Salvador. 



Cat. Nu. 9643, U.S.N. M. ',, natural size. 



loo])hole for suspension. Its 



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Fig. 258. 



POTTERY WHISTLE— GROTE.S4UE. 



Frout and profile. 

 San Salvador. 



Cat. No. 9658, U.S.N.M. Natural size. 



Specimen, Cat. No. 28886 (U.S.N.M.), collected by Dr. Bransford 



Smitb.souian Institution Contributions to Knowlcdgu, XXV, p. 44. 



