DOUBLE WHISTLES. 



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Associated with these simple whistles are other musical implements 



made of hone, hut of a somewhat different pattern, of which Fig. 119 is a 



Fig. 119. 



Fig. 120. 



Bone fife. 



representation. This specimen is probably made from the femur of a bird. 

 It is very white, highly polished, and uniformly hollowed out As will be 

 seen on reference to the illustration, there 

 are four holes instead of one, and so it may 

 be called a fife or flute, for doubtlessly 

 these four holes were intended to pro- 

 duce a series of sounds different from the 

 shrill notes of the whistles. This was ob- 

 tained from a grave by Mr. Schumacher 

 at the same place where Dr. Yarrow's 

 party were at work (S. I. 20532). 



[From the graves at the isthmus, on 

 the island of Santa Catalina, Mr. Schu- 

 macher obtained eight whistles of a differ- 

 ent form from any found during the early 

 explorations, and from a grave on the isl- 

 and of San Clemente he secured another 

 of the same kind. These instruments 

 are made from the tibiae of the deer, two 

 of the bones being required to form the 

 perfect instrument. As shown in Fig. 120, 

 the two bones were placed side by side 

 and held in position by a large mass of 

 asphaltum at one end, and by carefully 

 winding thin strips of bark around the 

 bones. This lashing of bark was cov- 

 ered by a light coating of asphaltum, and 

 extended nearly the whole length of the T 



J 6 J Double whistle, made of two bones united,*. 



