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ill semigeometric devices in red and black. All of these devices re- 

 fer more or less definitely to the markings of the plumage. 



The example shown in Fig 2j5 repiesents a bird with two heads, 

 the sliape and markings of whuh suggest one of the smaller song 

 birds. 



Fig. 265. Two headed, bird shapei 



I cann®t say that the whistles were modeled and pitched with the 

 idea of imitating the notes of particular birds, but it is possible for 

 the practiced performer to reproduce the simpler songs and cries of 

 birds with a good deal of accuracy. 



The human figure was occasionally utilized. The treatment, how- 

 ever, is extremely rude and conventional, the features having the 



Fro aifi. WliistV i 



ith rl,H'nrntio„s in hlaok nn.l red. 



