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Fig. 115. 



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a musician's hands. As will be seen in the illustration, the end farthest 

 from the lateral hole is closed, the material, as usual, 

 being asphaltum, applied in a soft state, which closes per- 

 fectly the irregularly oval opening of the bone 

 at this end. The opposite opening is more 

 nearly circular, and is now without any ob- 

 struction. The two ends have been cut or 

 sawed off, and the edg*es are very smooth and 

 even. The instrument, therefore, was never 

 longer than at present. It is made of a por- 

 tion of a leg-bone of some large mammal, and 

 is 6J inches in length. The lateral opening, 

 which is nearl}- an inch nearer one end than 

 the other, is J inch in diameter. The exter- 

 nal surface is smooth and even somewhat 

 polished. 



Fig-. 116 represents a smaller, but otherwise 

 Fig. lie. similar whistle. In this instru- 

 ment, however, the end nearest 

 the lateral opening is closed with 

 asphaltum, and there is a ridge of 

 asphaltum within the tube oppo- 

 site the side hole. This is an im- 

 portantfeatureinthisstyle of whis- 

 tle, as we shall see when refer- 

 ring to a more modern imple- 

 ment of a similar character. The 

 closing of one end, however, in 

 the instruments above noticed, 

 and in others from the graves, is 

 an important difference between 

 the two forms. This smaller 

 specimen measures 3A inches in 

 length. It was obtained by Mr. 



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whistle. 



Bone whistle. 



Boue whistle. 



