640 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Fiji. 204 presents a back view of a crab-shaped instrument. Mr. 



Eolnies' says of this: 

 On tho opposite side ;iro four small conical legs, upon which the objecfc rests as 



does a viiso upon its tripod. The mouthpiece is in the ris^ht arm, beneath which 



is tho vcnthole. The 

 two finger holes are 

 in the back, behind 

 tho eyes of the crea- 

 ture, and a suspen- 

 sion hole is seen, in 

 the left arm. The 

 painted designs are 

 in red and black lines 

 upon a yellowish- 

 gray ground. 



The following 

 scale indicates its 

 capacity: 



8va. 



tp- 



Fig. 294. 

 CRAB-SHAPED WHISTLE OF PAINTED WARE. 



Chiriqui. 



Cat. No. 132752, U.S.N.M. Natural size. 



Specimen, Cat. 

 No. 109742 (U.S. 

 N.M.)isan animal- 

 shaped whistle of 

 unpainted ware. 

 The mouthpiece is 

 missing"; conse- 

 quently no sound can be produced. There are two finger holes on the 

 back, one on each side over the fore shoulders. 



Whistles of complex form. — In this group are a number of instru- 

 ments in which bird, animal, and other 

 forms are combined. The division is purely 

 arbitrary and only made for convenience 

 of description. Fig. 29") represents one of 

 the series. It is painted a dull red color? 

 without decoration, and the whole surface 

 is polished. The body and feet are of the 

 conventional bird shape, the head being 

 somewhat cat-like. In the place of wings 

 are two feet or arms, one raised to the 

 mouth and the other phiced back of the 

 left ear. The tail, wliich serves as a mouth- 

 piece, is curled over the back and attached 

 to the body below the neck. There are 

 two .sound holes in the breast. One of 



Fig. 295. 



WHISTLE, COMPLEX FORM. 



Chiriqui. 



Cat. No. 109660, U.S.N.M. § n:itural s 



1 Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1884-85, p, 165, fig. 249. 



