THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE INCAS. 



Whymper, who gives an excellent account of the Incan re- 

 mains in Ecuador, figures three of these whistles grotesquely re- 

 sembling the human form. He has this to say of them : 



"Then there are the musical pottery whistles, delightfully ugly 

 things, which are sometimes more useful to carry than letters of 

 introduction. Simple airs can be got out of them, and on the home- 

 ward journey nty people lightened the way by playing on these primi- 

 tive instruments." ' 



The trumpet in its 



various forms is un- 



doubtedty one of the 



most ancient of wind 



instruments, and its 



distribution 

 Trumpet ■ . . ^ . 



^ m prehistoric 



times was all but uni- 



\crsal. Two forms of 



this instrument were 



common in Peru: the 



conch and a trumpet of 



terra cotta. Both of 



these forms are shown 



in the accompanying 



figure. 



This illustration 



shows the ornamentation on one side of a gold ornament found 



in a prehistoric grave at lea, Peru. It is double-convex in form, 



consisting of two thin, concavo-convex pieces which are not 



joined by solder, as is sometimes the case in ornaments of this 



kind, but are held together by the edges of one of llic jiicces 



being turned tightly over the other. The figures arc in rcpoiissd 



work. 



Fig. I of Plate III represents a remarkably fine specimen 



of the shell trumpet. It has a copper mouth-jjiece, and is 



ornamented with an engraved figure of a warrior. The shell 



is a Stronibiis galratiis, Swains. Unfortunately the mouth-piece 



' Travels amongst the Gri-at Andes of the Equator, jx 2S1. 



GOLD ORNAMENT FROM ICA, PERU. 



