Prehistoric sound instruments: scrapers and whistles

The scraper is a friction instrument with a series of notches. With the help of a stick sounds will occur.

Several specimens have been discovered in our department: at the Abri Cellier, at Laugerie-Basse…

Whistling Knuckles (or whistles) are sounding instruments made of short, thick bone (reindeer knuckles) which have a perforation capable of producing a sound by blowing into them.

A deer phalanx with a length of 3 cm, pierced in its middle part © Radio France
Nathanael Brunie

They can be considered decoys for hunting. They are found in the shelter of Cap Blanc and in Laugerie-Basse

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