PREHISTORIC ART. 



G15 



just above the wings. The head is missing, and when broken off, it 

 carried away part of tlie air chamber, making it impossible to obtain a 

 correct note. The surface is slightly polished. 



Fig. 202 represents a bird-shaped instrument from Nicoya, collected 

 by I)rs. Flint ami P.ransford. It is of reddish brown clay. The dec- 

 oration consists of deeply incised lines on the breast, back, and wings, 



Fig. 262. 



POTTERY WHISTLE— BIED-SHAPED. 



Pront and profile. 

 Nicoya, Costa Eica. 



Cat. No. 2S95S, U.S.N.M. Natural size. 



the intervening spaces being highly polished. The remaining surface 

 is roughly etched with zigzag lines. This work has evidently been 

 done after the hardening of the clay. There are four finger holes on 

 the breast, two above and two below the line decoration. The fol- 

 lowing scale indicates its musical capacity: 



1»E^ 



:^i=|i;=l2p=^ 



t:=t: 



-t- 



To make this intelligible the finger holes are numbered in the sketch 

 and a system of fingering is here given showing the combination by 

 which different notes are obtained: 



Finger boles all closed G h 



Nos. 1 or 2, open Bp 



No8. 3 or 4, open B ti 



Nos. 1 and 2 oi)en C i? 



