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Fig. 249. Crab shaped whistle, alligator ware— i. 



back Ijehiiid the eyes of the creature and a suspeusiou liole is seen in 

 the left arm. The painted designs are in red and black lines upon a 

 yellowish gray ground. The following scale indicates its capacity: 

 , Sva- 



The largest specimen in the collection, shown in Fig. 350, repre- 

 sents an alligator and is finished in the usual conventional style of 

 the alligator group. The air chamber is large and the sounds emitted 



Fig. -Zm. Alligator shaped whistle, alligator w 



are full and melodious and are lower in pitch than those of any other 

 instrument in the collection. The cavity in the mouth and head is 

 separated from the body chamber, and, with the addi- 

 tion of earthern pellets, probably served as a rattle. 

 The m<)utli]iiece is in the tail and the finger holes are 

 in the sides of the body. 



