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giving the head and ears of a jester of the Middle Ages. The nose 

 has a large appendage, while around the forehead, terminating at the 

 ears, is represented a band or fillet. In Fig. c we have an arrange- 

 ment similar to that just described. The head appendages have been 

 broken off midway their length. The nose of this specimen is fear- 

 fully distorted and apparently there was an attempt at the ludicrous. 

 In Fig. d the same effect has been produced, but in this case the 

 nose has been unusually shortened. 



In PI. LXXXIII a number of figures are shown differing in many 

 ways from any described. Figs, a and b represent rather conven- 

 tionalized faces, which look forward from the end of a tube. Fig. c 

 is a crudely expressed caricature of the human face. The region of 

 the forehead has been incised. In Fig. d a band passes medially up 

 over the head; while from the sides of the head of Fig. e are lateral 

 appendages hanging down below the ear. 



In PI. LXXXIV are two fragments of vessels. In Fig. a we 

 have a portion of the face, one eye and one ear. This fragment in 

 material is quite unlike the usual form of pottery found on the island. 

 It is ver}' thick and shows many fragments of pounded shell. It is 

 possible of course that it was brought from a distance. I know of 

 nothing like it on the mainland of Ecuador, but have seen pottery 

 from Cauca Vallej, Colombia, which is similar in composition. 



In Fig. b we have only a portion of the body represented. It 

 apparently was sitting on top of some vessel resembling a typical 

 water bottle of the west coast. 



TREATMENT OF THE NOSE. 



On PI. LXXXV four portions of the face have been grouped, as 

 they show features and peculiarities not met with in any of the spec- 

 imens so far described. Fig. a is remarkable for the prominent nose 

 and for the nose appendage, not clearly shown in the illustration. 

 In Fig. b the nose appendage is also very clearly shown, while the 

 eyes have received a treatment which so far has not been encountered. 

 In Fig. c we have still another form of the nose already described in 

 previous examples, but here unusually well shown. It may be noted 

 also that above the nose are three protuberances similar in every 

 respect to those found on the figure first described. In Fig. d the nose 

 appendage is also beautifully marked. In the ear a number of orna- 

 ments are represented. 



