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PENDANTS, TOPOS AND OTHER OBJECTS OF COPPER 



AND GOLD. 



A number of copper pendants were also found which are of in- 

 terest owing to their resemblance to the type so common in the high- 

 lands of Ecuador and Peru. They average from three-quarters to an 

 inch in length and are bell-shaped, being perforated near the upper 

 end for suspension. With these pendants was found a similarly sized 

 object of copper shaped like a vase, with rounded bottom, bulging rim 

 and long and but slightly constricted neck. At opposite sides are 

 handles. This vessel is too tiny to be of any real use and probably 

 served as an ornament. 



The usual number of metallic pins were found, and they differ in 

 no manner from the typical specimens so common in Peruvian 

 graves. Of the large copper specimens there were eight, with frag- 

 ments of several others. These measure from six to ten inches in 

 length and are of two types, one having a large, flat, nearly cylin- 

 drical head, the other having a head much smaller, thicker and more 

 nearly semi-circular. Of the small pins there are four, two of pure 

 gold and two of silver; they are all less than two inches in length and 

 have the flat head perforated. 



POTTERY. 



There were twelve entire pieces of pottery in the grave. The 

 piece of the greatest interest is represented in Fig. 41. It is six 

 inches in height and is painted a dull grayish color. In shape it 

 resembles the typical Cuzco form inverted, and is a unique specimen, 

 I believe, for South America. A gradually contracting globular 

 body, terminating in a broad mouth with narrow recurved lip, rests 

 on a graceful pedestal which in form is simply the neck of the ordi- 

 nary Cuzco vase. On one side is a handle fashioned from a thin 

 band of clay, while on the opposite side is a letter Y in relief. A 

 further peculiarity of the vessel is the fact that it is provided with a 

 flat, well-fitting cover which has a handle. 



Second only in interest to the specimen described' are two vases 

 almost alike in form, one of which is figured in PI. XLII. This 

 specimen has nothing to distinguish it from hundreds of such speci- 

 mens in the museum from the vicinity of Cuzco, and I may add that, 

 according to my estimation, no more beautiful pottery has been found 

 in America than this same graceful Cuzco type. It is characterized 



