PREHISTORIC ART. 



613 

 Received from the Gov- 



gulaily aud united by two fantastic animals, 

 ernment of Nicaragua. 



Specimen, Cat. No. 17203S (IJ.S.N.M.) is from Nicaragua, but tbe 

 exact locality is not given. It is of polished black ware in the form 

 of a tortoise. There are two sound holes in the back and the tail 

 served as a mouthpiece. The air passage is broken, and a correct tone 

 is impossible. 



Fit;. 260. 



POTTERY WHISTLE— CAPRlCIOfS PIECE. 



Moyogalpa, Nicaragua. 

 Received from Government of Nicaragua. 



Cat. No. 1120U, U.S.N.M. \^ natural size. 



COSTA RICA. 



Musical instruments of percussion are wanting in the museum col- 

 lection of i)rehistoric objects from Costa Rica, neither drums or rattles 

 being rexjresented. There is no reason to suppose, however, that none 

 existed. Their immediate neighbors to the south (Chiriqui) have fur- 

 nished mimerous examples of both drum and rattle. Mr.W. H.Holmes, 

 in speaking of the ancient art of Chiri(iui,' says: 



So f.ir as tbe art of pottery lias come withiu luy observaiioii, it appears to indicate 

 a somewhat closer relationship with the aucieut Costa Ricaa peoples than with those 

 of coutiuental South America. 



' Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1884-8.5, p. 15. 



