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Mammals are very often rei^roduced in these instruments. Wliat 

 appears to be the ocelot or jaguar is the favorite subject. A rep- 

 resentative specimen is shown in Fig. 251. The mouthpiece is in 



8va the tail and one of the sound holes is in the left shoulder 



: and the other beneath the body. The head is turned to 

 )ne side and the face is decidedly cat-like in expression. 



Fifi lai. Cat shaiwil whistle, alligatm wait- | 



The decoration is in black and red and may be taken as a typical 

 ex.iiniilc ipf Ihe conventional treatment of the markings of the bodies 

 ot such animals. The tips of the ears, feet, and tail are red. Rows of 

 red stnikcs. alternating with black, extend in a broad stripe from the 

 point of the nose to the base of the neck. Red panels, inclosing rows 

 of red dots and enframed by black lines, cross the back. On the sides 

 we have oblong spaces filled in with the conventional devices so com- 

 mon in other animal representations. The legs are striped and dotted 

 after the usual manner. 



A unique form, and one that will be looked at with interest by com- 

 parative ethnologists on account of the treatment of the tongues, is 

 given in Fig. 2b2. The instrument consists of an oblong body to 

 which four ocelot heads are fixed, one at each end and the otheis at 

 the sides. It rests upon four feet, in one of which the mouthpiece is 

 placed. The finger holes are in the side of the body near the legs, as 

 seen in the cut. The decoration which consists of more or less con- 



