PREHISTORIC ART. 



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partly filled with resm to form the mouthpiece. It will be seen that 

 the edge of the bone is cut out to form a sort of venthole. There are 

 three finger holes and its musical capacity is shown in the accompany- 

 ing scale: 



This instrument isratherdif- 

 ficult to manipulate, and 1 was 

 unable to obtain other notes 

 by a different system of finger- 

 ing. Gift of E. S. Brotherson. 



A similar instrument with the 

 same name is in the nuiseum, 

 Academy Natural Sciences, 

 Philadelphia, from British 

 Guiana, with a reference to 

 "Brett's Indian tribes." 



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Fig. 310. 



TRUMPET ( ?) OF J'OTTEIiV. 



British Guiana. 



t. N'o. .Wt'.na, U.S.N. M. g n.-itur^il s 



Fig.ini. 



TRUMPET (?) OF POTTERy. 



British Guiana. 



Cat. N.p. 4:i(n, U.S.N'.M. \:, nalnrnl < 



Fig. 310 represents one of two small instruments of pottery from 

 British Guiana i)resented to the museum by Col. Philip Figyelmesy. It 

 has a vase-shaped outline with an aperture at the small end for a mouth- 

 piece. The ware is soft and fragile. Uj)on a ground color of silver- 

 gray are painted designs in black. Attached to the larger end are six 

 tassels made of cotton cord which has been dyed brown. The label 

 attached to one of these specimens reads as follows: "Earthen pipe 

 used for blowing a noise daring native dances." 



Fig. 311 represents a larger instrument of the same class, but with a 



