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or chamber represents a liuinau figure kneeling. The left liand holds 

 to the month an instrument evidently intended to represent a syrinx or 

 Pan i^ipe. A vessel similar to the foregoing, but without the whistling 

 attachment, is described and figured by Wiener in "Perou et Bolivie" 

 (p. 623). Attached to the right hand is a gourd-shaped object, possibly 



h ig. 316. 



DOUBLE WHISTLING VASE, I'AINTKU WARE, BAND ORNAMENTED IN RELIEF, HUMAN FIGURE. 



Peru. 



Cat. No. 139'J, U.S.N. M. 3 natural size. 



a rattle. The whistling apparatus is at the back of the head, where the 

 curved liandle which connects with the mouth of the bottle is joined. 

 Its two notes are indicated in the accompanying scale: 



Increased force in blowing produces the higher tone. 



Another example of this class, shown in fig. 317, is a highly orna- 

 mented specimen of painted ware. The ground color is pale yellow and 

 the decoration is in red, brown, and white. There are sunken panels on 

 opposite sides of each bottle, in which are delineated an animal figure 

 in relief. The animal represented is the same in each panel. A handle 

 ornamented with painted geometric designs joins, the two necks. Unfor- 

 tunately the animal figure which contained the whistle is mutilated and 

 no note can be produced. 



Fig. 318 represents a vessel from an ancient grave in Peru, presented 

 by the late secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Prof. S. F. Baird. 

 It is a double bottle of polished black ware. The two bodies of the 

 vessel are ornamented with small indentations or eyes, which suggest 



