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A STUDY OF CHIRIQUIAN ANTIQUITIES. 



eluding the multiple body-line of the alligator, with accompanying dermal mark- 

 ings, are in a fine state of preservation. The left (and this is true of the whole 

 crab series) foreleg is converted into a mouthpiece. 



A somewhat different type of crab is given in figure 295, which represents one 

 of the very few whistles not provided with some means of suspension. No attempt 

 was made to account for the exact number of legs in any of the crustacean forms. 



Fig. 294. Whistle representing the crab, the back 

 being decorated with alligator motives. Alligator 

 ware. '/ 



Fig- 2 9S- Whistle representing the crab. Alli- 

 gator ware. '/ 



Kig. 296. Whistle representing a round-bodied crab. 

 Alligator ware. '/ 



Fig. 297. Whistle representing a scorpion, with 

 alligator motives decorating the sides. Alligator 

 ware. */ 



They are all so fashioned as to stand on four legs like a quadruped, but also 

 have an additional first pair armed with large claws like chelipeds and serving as 

 weapons rather than as supports. The tones produced in these two crab-whistles 

 are exactly the same. The artist was often very successful in giving concrete 

 expression to an idea. This is seen in the representation (fig. 296) of a round- 

 bodied crab just ready to strike. The left foreleg, converted into a mouthpiece, 



