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modeled, with a central depression and a usual outer raised rim. The 

 lobe is pierced transverselj^ for insertion of some ear ornament. 

 In 1 the lobe is represented as having inserted in it a discoidal 

 ornament with a centrally excavated pit. In 3, Plate 16, the ear is 

 again conventionally designed, in that the ear is represented as 

 a vertical incised groove surrounded with a raised rim appearing less 

 regularly geometrical and rather more realistic than that of 1, Plate 

 16. The lobe is formed of a long ribbon of clay luted on at an obtuse 

 angle to the ear proper. This form of modeling was due to the exi- 

 gencies of a spherical surface, the figure being applied to the upper 

 shoulder of a large canteen. Both 2, Plate 16, and 6, Plate 19, are 

 modeled on a flat surface, designed to be luted on to clay vessels. 

 No. 1, like 3, Plate 16, is modeled in the round, 3 being part of the 

 surface of a globose vessel, while 1 was probably luted on to the 

 curved surface of a large-necked water bottle. 



Two types of eye modeling may be observed in the four figures 

 under discussion. In 1, Plate 16, and 6, Plate 19, the eyes are formed 

 with a raised ribbon of clay in roughly circular position. The 

 ridge is flat and is surrounded with an incised circular depression; 

 within is a circular depression or pit. In 2, Plate 16, and 6, Plate 19, 

 the eye is represented with a distinctly bulging expression, due to 

 the beveled surface of the circular ribbon of clay. The pit is also 

 smaller, and the outer or surrounding incised groove is lacking. 



Nose modeling ranges from a simple bulbous excrescence, as in 1, 

 to the straight and rather prominent type of nose to be seen in 2 and 

 3, Plate 16. In 2 two narrow pits are excavated in a more realistic 

 manner than is usually seen in Tainoan clay figurines. No. 6, Plate 

 19, introduces a new form of nose modeling in the triangular excava- 

 tion underneath the nasal eminence. The entire figure assumes an 

 owlish cast because of the series of concentric ridges and grooves. 

 In each of the four figurines illustrated, with the exception of 1, 

 Plate 16, the mouth and lips are represented by two parallel trans- 

 verse or horizontal ridges divided by a sharply defined incised de- 

 pression. In 1, Plate 16, teeth are represented by a set of five ver- 

 tical ridges alternating with a corresponding number of depressions, 

 the whole surrounded with an incised groove. 



The clay used in modeling 1 and 2, Plate 16, is distinct from the 

 clay used in modeling much of the ware from the San Juan site. 

 Dimensions of 1, 5 centimeters (2 inches) high and 7.3 centimeters 

 (2.9 inches) wide; of 2 5.5 centimeters (2.2 inches) high and 8.4 

 centimeters (3,3 inches) wide; of 3, 7,3 centimeters (2.9 inches) high 

 and 12.5 centimeters (4,9 inches) wide ; of 6, Plate 19, 9,3 centimeters 

 (3,7 inches) high and 6 centimeters (2,4 inches) wide. 



