620 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



A i)r()loiigation of" the lieaddress serves as a mouthpiece, and there 

 are four sound holes in the front portion of the body. The com- 

 pass of the instrument is five notes: 



Fig. 267 



I'OTTKHY WHISTLE — ANIMAL-SHAPED. 



Kicoya, Costa Eica. 



Cat. No. 2S9,i5, U.S.N.M. § natural size. 



Fig. 268. 



OUTLINE OF FIG. 267, SHOWING POSITION 



OF FINGER HOLES. 



The lowest note witli all the holes closed; the succeeding intervals 

 are the same by any combination of fingering. 



Fig. 267 rei)reseuts a 



whistle from Xicoya in 

 the form of an animal. 

 The painted decorations 

 are in black and red 

 lines on yellow ground. 

 The tail of the animal 

 served as a mouthpiece 

 and there are four finger 

 holes, two on each side 

 of the body wliere the legs 

 are joined. A raised loop 

 on the back of the neck 

 answers for a suspension 

 bole. Its notes are shown 

 in the following scale: 



Fig. 269. 



I'OTTEUY WHISTLE— TOKTOISESHAPED. 



Costa Eica. 



Cat. No. 289.56, U.S.N.M. | natural size. 



In this specimen finger hole marked 

 2 on outline (tig. LJ08) is larger than 

 the others, and raises the pitch a 



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