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ANCIENT ART OF THE PROVINCE OF CHIRIQUI. 



each side. The arms are extended from the body ; tlie well drawn hands hold, one 

 of them a short, round club, the other a musical instrument, of which one end is in 

 the mouth and the other forms an enlargement Like that of a flute, made of human 



Fig. 27. Grotesque human figui-e in gold, from BoUae 



bone. It is not probable that this is a pipe. Both thighs have an enlargement, 

 and the toes are not marked in this little figurine. ' 



Fig. 2«. Rudely shaped and finished human figure in gold. 



In Fig. 28 we have a rather rudely made and finished piece collectec 

 'A. De Zeltner : Notes sur les sepultures indiennes du departement de Chiriqui. 



