Two kinds of rattles were called ʇa-cáge, i.e., "deers-claws," from the composition of one variety, though the other was made of molars of the elk. [Illustration: Fig. 317--Skin drum.] [Illustration: Fig. 318--Box drum.] The Omaha used three styles of drums. The ¢éxe-gaʞú b¢áska, or flat drum, is illustrated by a specimen (no. 21675) in the National Museum. The ¢éxe-gaʞú gadáje is made of buffalo hide, cowhide, or the skin of a horse. An example of this drum (no. 24682) is also in the National Museum, and is illustrated by the accompanying figure 317. The jaⁿ′ ¢éxe-gaʞú, or ʞúge ¢éxe-gaʞú, is a wooden or box drum, represented by the accompanying figure 318, also from a specimen (no. 58610) in the National Museum. Whistles were made of elder (baʇúci-hi, or popgun wood) by pushing out the pith. No holes were made in the sides of the tube. Nisúde ʇañ′ga, or large flutes, were made of red cedar. A branch was cut off, rounded, split open with a knife, and hollowed out; then six holes were made in the side of one of them, and the halves were stuck together again. When one of these instruments is blown it produces quavering notes. The best specimens were made by [P]á¢iⁿ-ʇañ′ga, Big Pawnee. The large flute is illustrated in figure 319.[1] Wahí nisúde, or bone flutes, were made of the long bones from the eagle wing. These small flutes have only one hole. Reed flutes, ¢íq¢e nisúde, were made of a kind of reed which grows south of the Omaha territory, probably in Kansas. The Omaha obtained the reeds from some of the southern tribes and made them into flutes having but one hole each. [Footnote 1: Compare Ree fife, "AMM 129-8429, Gray and Matthews," in the National Museum.] [Illustration: Fig. 319.--Omaha large flute.] WEAPONS. Clubs. [Illustration: Fig. 320.--Omaha club (jaⁿ-[p]áᴐna).] The jaⁿ-wétiⁿ, "striking-wood," is a four-sided club. It is made of ash, and is as long as from the elbow to the tips of the fingers. The ja^n-dáona, "wood with a smooth head," is a club made of ironwood, which is very hard. According to the late Joseph La Flèche, the Omaha form of this weapon had a steel point projecting from the ball. [Illustration: Fig. 321.--Omaha club (jaⁿ-dáᴐna).] [Illustration: Fig. 322.--Omaha club (weaq¢ade).]