662 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



cellular portion removed. In its original condition this instrument 

 was probably furnished with four finger holes, as were some of the 

 whistles or flutes from the California islauds x^reviously mentioned 



(p. 570, fig. 210), and to which it bears a re- 

 markable resemblance. This one is unfortu- 

 nately broken ofi" at the third hole. Wiener,' 

 speaking of this class of instruments, says: 



The most curious objects of this kind are, without 

 contradiction, the flutes of the tibia or other bones of 

 birds, many times covered with designs (incised). 



Syrinx or Fan- 

 pipes {reed and 

 stone). — Two in- 

 teresting speci- 

 mens made of 

 hollow reeds, rep- 

 resenting the sy- 

 rinx or Pan-pipes 

 [h nay r a-puh ura) 

 are preserved in 

 the National Mu- 

 seum. They were 

 obtained by En- 

 sign W. E. Saf- 

 ford. United 

 States Navy, from 

 ancient burial 

 places near Arica, 

 Peru. The reeds 

 are of graduated 

 lengths, lashed 

 together by 

 threads and held 

 in place by a piece 

 of split reed fastened transversely to their 

 length. The reeds are so crushed and mu- 

 ilated that a positive sound can not be 

 obtained. These instruments are illus- 

 trated in figs. 323 and 324. One is com- 

 posed of six reeds, the other of five. In the 

 graves, associated with them, were flint 

 arrowheads, stone sinkers, copper knives 

 and fishhooks, objects of bone, wood, and 

 pottery, woven matting, and the mummified body of a young man. 

 That instruments of this kind are of ancient origin and were in use 



Fig. 323. 

 SYRINX OR PAN-PIPE {huayra- 



puhura), COMPOSED OF SIX 

 REEDS. 



Grave near the beach at Arica, 

 Peru. 



Cat. No. 136S69, U.S.N.M. | natural size. 



Fig. 324. 



SYRINX OR PAN-PIPE, COMPOSED OF 

 FIVE REEDS. 



Grave near the beach at Arica, Peru. 



Cat. No. 129385, U.S.N.M. | natural siie. 



1 Perou et Bolivie. p. 58i. 



