. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. PREHISTORIC ART. 559 cord which passes through the holes in the clappers and through the body of the bell on each side so that it can be tied or joined. The instrument will be better understood by an examination of the figure. Islands of the South Pacific Ocean, Polynesia. Fig. 199 represents the Pandean pipes, or Pipes of Pan, from tlie Fiji Islands. (Collected by Mr. J. M. Brower, United States consul.) Four pieces of cane of different le
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. PREHISTORIC ART. 559 cord which passes through the holes in the clappers and through the body of the bell on each side so that it can be tied or joined. The instrument will be better understood by an examination of the figure. Islands of the South Pacific Ocean, Polynesia. Fig. 199 represents the Pandean pipes, or Pipes of Pan, from tlie Fiji Islands. (Collected by Mr. J. M. Brower, United States consul.) Four pieces of cane of different lengths are placed together parallel and fastened by fine wire which has been i)assed around each of the four and then drawn into several strands between each cane respectively,. Fig. 198. WOODEN RATTLE. a, completed drawing; b, longitudinal section. Mayumba, Africa. Cat. No. 95216, | natural size. thus forming a solid piece. The open ends are on a line, their orifices charred smooth, and the lower ends are closed by being cut at a joint of the cane. The longest cane is I inches in length, the shortest 3 inches, and their diameter about n; inch. The Greek god Pau is represented as ])laying on this instrument, blowing in the open holes as he passed them back and forth on his lii)s, each pipe sounding a difierent note. Specimen, Cat. No. 2827 () is a war drum, so called, from the Fiji Islands. It is hollowed out like a trough from a log of hard. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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