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A STUDY OF CHIRIQUIAN ANTIQUITIES. 



the pose is avian. Both arms are bent sharply backward, the right hand grasping 

 the end of the tail and the left resting against the back. The black color is 

 used much more extensively than the red, the latter appearing only on the throat 

 and as three longitudinal bands on the breast. There are duplicates of this form 

 in the collection. 



One of the most interesting of the whistle figurines is a three-headed monster 

 with human attributes (fig. 318). The central head is the largest; the others, 

 alike in size, are situated at the angle of the shoulders. The group suggests the 



Fig. 316. - Figurine serving as a 

 whistle. The pose is human ; the 

 right arm is converted into a 

 mouthpiece. Alligator ware. '/« 



Peruvian pottery figurine of Tunapa placed between 



his two sisters. The legs are short, body long and 



attitude erect. The two finger-holes are in front, and 



the mouthpiece stands out from the back at nearly 



right angles. Human tresses are represented in black 



on all three heads, and in each of the three mouths 



is an object resembling a protruding tongue, or an 



instrument of music similar to that held in the mouths of the double-headed 



jaguar (see fig. 310). A multiple alligator motive encircles the common body. 



It has been already mentioned that the ancient Chiriquian artist was not very 

 successful in his portrayal of the human form and features. Figure 319 is an 

 exception that proves this rule. It consists of the head only, with the hair so 

 arranged as to form a projection on the back for the mouthpiece to the whistle. 

 One finger-hole is in front of the right ear and the other on the throat. The 

 modeling is done with a high degree of skill and knowledge of facial topography, 



Fig. 3 1 8. — Whistle figurine represent- 

 ing a three-headed monster with 

 human attributes ; the multiple al- 

 ligator motive encircles the body. 

 Alligator ware, 'h 



