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111 playing it doos not matter iu what order the fingers are moved. The lower 

 note is made with all tlie holes closed, and the ascending scale is ])rodnced by open- 

 ing snccessively one, two, three, and fonr holes. The fragmentary piece [Cat. No. 

 109741, I'.S.N.M.] is mnch smaller and the holes are extremely small. 



Specimen, Cat. :N^o. 133463 (XJ.S.N.M.) is a small, monkey shaped 

 whistle of jiainted ware. The ground color is light red, and the deco- 

 rations consist of black and dark red lines and dots. Tiie animal is 

 represented in a squatting position, with its long tail curved upward 

 and attached to the back of the neck. The mouthpiece is in the tail, 

 and there are two linger holes, one on each shoulder. Six notes can be 

 obtained — three with normal force in blowing: 



«^ •• o« oo 

 and three by using more force, thus: 



Sva 



4=- 



Specimen, Cat. No. 109723 (U.S.lSr.M ) is a semihuman figure of 

 l)lain red polished ware. The egg shaped body is supported by two 

 short legs, one of Avhich serves as a mouthpiece. The left arm is raised 

 to the head; the right is i)laced akimbo. A long tail curves up the 

 back. The two sound holes are placed one in front and the other in 

 the rear of the left shoulder. Its three notes are here given : 



Specimen, Oat. No. 109655 (U.S.N.M.) represents a puma. It is of 

 paiiited ware, and the ground color is yellow. Conventional decora 

 tions in black represent the skin markings of the animal. There are 

 two linger holes, one on each fore shoulder, and the tad serves as a 

 mouthpiece. Its three notes are as follows: 



Sva 



i 



±i: 



Fig. 201 represents a cat-shaped whistle of painted ware. Mr. Holmes, 

 in describing this specimen,' says: 



The mouthpiece is in the tail, and one of the sound holes is in the left shoulder and 

 thi* other beneath the body. The head is turned to one side and the face is decidedly 

 catlike in expression. The decoration is in black and red, and may he taken as a 

 typical example of the conventional treatment of the markings of the bodies of such 



' Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1884-85, p. 167, tig. 251. 



