PREHISTORIC ART. 



635 



Its three notes are here indicated 



8va 



Specimen, Cat. No. 100710 (U.S.N.M.). The decorations, which are 

 well preserved, are in black and red on pale yellow ground. Three 

 notes are emitted : 



1^^ 



Specimen, Oat. ISTo. 

 131937 (U.S.N.M.). The 

 body is painted red, the 

 head and neck yellow, and 

 there are traces of decora- 

 tion in black. The two 

 upper notes are indistinct 

 on account of a fracture 

 in the mouthpiece. 



8va 



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Specimen, Cat. No. 

 109709 (U.S.N.M.) repre- 

 sents an owl. The ground 

 color is gray and the dec- 

 orations are conventional 

 devices in red and brown. 

 Three notes : 



Fig. 288. 



BIRD-SHAPED WHISTLE, CONVENTIONAL DECOKATION IN BLACK 



AND RED. 



Cbiriqui. 



Cat. No. 109712, U.S.N.M. Natural size. 



Specimen, Cat. No. 131935 (U.S.N.M.) represents a parrot. The 

 ground color is gray and the decoration quite simple, consisting of lines 

 and dots in red and black. Its three notes are indicated in the accom- 

 panying scale: ^ *'"« 



Specimen, Cat. No. 1167 ( U.S.N.M.), also from Cbiriqui, was presented 

 by Col. E. Jewett. It is parrot shaped, and the decorations are con- 

 ventional devices in red and black on yellow ground. Its three notes 

 are as follows : 



