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are the highest of any in the entire group of whistles, being just an octave 

 higher than those of the instrument reproduced in figure 318. The piece, which 

 comes from Escaria, belongs to the armadillo ware. 

 A small cup (fig. 322) is described here because 

 there is attached to its shoulder a make-believe 

 whistle. The latter is shaped like a fish, except 

 that head and tail are both lifted ; the end of the 

 latter is slit to resemble a mouthpiece, and near its 

 base is another incision where the vent ought to be. 

 This cup, the surface of which is discolored by 



Fig. 322. — Small cup with false , , , ,, . , , r 



whistle attached to the shoulder. V< smoke, belongs to the unpainted class of ware. 



