644 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



by Mr. Holmes ' is presented in fig. 299. It represents a female figure 

 in a sitting position. The ground color in yellow and the painted 

 designs in black and red, indicating some of the details of costume, are 

 much obliterated. Tlie mouthpiece is in the left shoulder, and there 

 are two sound holes, one above the right breast, the other near the 



center of the body. Its three notes 



are here given: 



Specimen, Cat. No. 131435 



(CJ.S.IS'.M.) is a grotesque figure in 

 a standing position. The legs are 

 extremely short and the large, 

 triangular-shaped head is out of 

 proportion to the size of the body. 

 The left arm rests against the side 



Fig. 299. 



WHISTLE REPRESENTING FEMALE FIGURE. 



Cbiriqui. 



Cat. No. 109106, IT.S.N.M. ^ milural Bize. 



and the right is raised to the mouth. 

 The ground color is yellow and the 

 painted decoration quite simple, two 

 bands of red encircling both the up- 

 per and lower portions of the )>ody. 

 There are two sound holes in the 

 breast. A mouthpiece which pro 

 truded from the back is missing, 

 capacity is unknown. 



Fig. 300 represents a small grotesque figure of painted ware. A good 

 idea of its shape can be obtained from the sketch. The painted deco- 

 ration is in purple and red, upon a ground color of grayish yellow. The 

 left arm is raised to thehead audhasau aperture at the elbow which serves 

 as a mouthpiece. The right arm is folded across the center of the body in 

 front. There are two finger holes, one below the right shoulder, the other 



Fig. 300. 



WHISTLE, (JROTESQITE FORM. 

 Chiriqiii. 



at. Ni>. laiSMIi, U.S.N.M. J\j natural sUe. 



consequently its former musical 



1 Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1884-85, p. 151. 



