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given to the head in each. The teeth are rather conspicuous. In both figures 

 one finger-hole is placed on the belly and the other on the side, the left side 

 in the smaller of the two. The larger one seems to be making an attack, the 

 head being turned so as to bring the horns into place. The tones of this whistle 

 are particularly pleasing. 



One of the most realistic forms is that of the monkey shown in figure 314. 

 The paste of which it is composed is coarse and dark, the surface being covered 

 for the most part by a red slip on which there are no delineating colors. The 

 piece therefore does not belong to the alligator ware as is the rule for the 

 whistles. The legs are broken. The long fingers of the two hands grasp either 

 end of a cylindrical bar, the middle part of which is held in the mouth. The 

 bar is perforated transversely at a median point, as if it were intended to represent 

 a whistle. There are three finger-holes to the air-chamber; two dorsal and one 

 ventral, so that four tones ma} r be 

 produced without resort to more 

 than a partial stopping of any of 

 the holes by means of special finger- 

 ing. 



Figure315 represents an exception- 

 ally well preserved piece. The at- 

 titude of the body is birdlike. The 

 feet are characteristic for both bird 

 and man or monkey. The arms 

 are those of either man or monkey, 

 and the head is apelike. Something 

 resembling a fish is held in the hands. 

 The mouth is open, revealing the 

 teeth. There is a motive similar to 

 this in Peruvian art — a bird hold- 

 ing a fish — found especially at lea. 

 An analogous idea is expressed in 



one of the gold ornaments (see PI. XLIX, fig. a), where the object held to the 

 mouth may be a fish or a conch-shell. One of the finger-holes in our specimen 

 is ventral, the other on the left shoulder. The tones are exceedingly clear and 

 musical. Although the painted designs are broadly similar on the two sides, there 

 is no striving after exact bilateral symmetry in this respect. Both red and black 

 are employed on the right side of the head and neck, while on the left side 

 black only is used and with slight variations in the design. 



Another combination of man and beast is shown in figure 316. There being 

 no tail, the right arm is converted into a mouthpiece. One hand or something 

 held in it is pressed to the mouth. The left arm is akimbo with the hand held 

 against the breast near a small protuberance resembling a nipple. The two finger- 

 holes are placed dorsally on the periphery. The back of the head and neck is 

 marked by black lines that reach to the shoulders — the characteristic way of 

 representing human tresses. 



The form reproduced in figure 317 is presumably that of a monkey, although 

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Fig- 3'5' — Figurine serving as a whistle and representing a 

 mythical form with mixed attributes. Alligator ware. J '< 



