PREHISTORIC ART. 



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INSTRUMENTS OF PERCUSSION. 



Drums. — Fig. 274 represents a drum of gray unpainted clay, 

 iiig to Mr. Holmes — ^ 



Ac(;ord- 



The shape is somewhat like that of an hourglass, the upper part, however, being 

 considerahly larger than the base or stand. In all cases the principal rim is finished 

 with especial reference to the attachment of the vibrating head. The example i)re- 

 sented has a deeply scarified belt an 

 inch and a (|uartcr wide encircling the 

 rim, and below it is a narrow ridge, 



Fig. 274. 



DRUM (IF GRAY UNPAINTED CLAY. 



Chiriqui. 



(';it. No. n5:i53, U.S.N.M. J iialural size. 



Fig. 275. 



URUM WITH PAINTED (JRNAMENT. 



Chiriqui. 



U. S. N.itiona] Mu.seuni. 



intended, perbaps, to facilitate tbe lashing or cementing on of the head. Two 

 raised bands, intended to imitate twisted cords, encircle the most constricted part 

 of the body, a single band similarly marked encircling the base. The surface is 

 gray in color and but rudely polished. The walls are about three-eighths of an 

 inch thick, the lieight 19^ inches, and the greatest diameter 7^ inches. 



' Sixth Annual Report of tiie Bureau of Etlmology, 1884-85, p. 158, fig. 236. 

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