[Bonetools] Phallanx whistle

[Katherine M. Moore]

Dear Boris, I have checked several reports and dissertations from  
Formative and Middle Horizon contexts for this tool, but found  
nothing. Unfortunately, the picture didn't come with your message but  
perhaps you could send it directly to me. I have looked at a number of  
later periods bone assemblages (from the LH of Tiwanaku, and from  
Pachacamac) and don't remember seeing a perforated second phalanx.  
But, there are a lot of trimmed, polished Phal 1.

Can you make it whistle? I would be very interested in linking such a  
whistle to herding the llamas.

I'll let you know if I think of something,

best,
Kate Moore


Quoting Boris Santander <boris.santander at gmail.com>:

> Dear all
>
> Have someone references to whistle prepared on artyodactila phallanx? We
> had found an impressive ammount of them (picture attached) in two site
> from Inka period (1476-1541 b.C.) in Chile, using bi-perforated 2nd
> Phallanx of American camelidae (Lama sp.).
>
> I had found some references to this perforated phallanx interpreted both
> as pendants or whistles in european Upper Paleolithic, but none in south
> american or even american contexts.
>
> Best wishes
>
>

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