94 BULLETIN 156, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



relief are incorporated in this decorative panel. Another vessel, 

 U.S.N.M. No. 293016, from the valley of the Rio Yaque del Norte, 

 has extremely thin walls and but narrow opening at the convergence 

 of the convexly rounded incurved walls. Incised lines encircle the 

 vessel at the shoulder and just below the lip, where is formed a 

 flat neck panel perforated bilaterally. Crescent-shaped incised lines 

 pass from neck panel to shoulder, forming semiovate figures. Traces 

 of red paint remain. (PL 45.) 



In describing Indian pottery from caves in eastern Santo Do- 

 mingo, Theodoor de Booy mentions ^- a typical earthenware water 

 bottle fragment, of which, however, the neck cavity and head is 

 intact. The constricted upper neck region and flaring lip are char- 

 acteristic, as is also the enlarged lower neck with its incised decora- 

 tive panel and figurine head (aviform) at the side. A peculiarity 

 is seen in an earthen diaphragm separating the bulbous neck cavity 

 from the globular body of the vessel. The diaphragm is per- 

 forated with ten or more holes made with an implement inserted 

 from above, leaving a ragged edge at the bottom. This so-called 

 filter arrangement is unique, although similar perforations are fre- 

 quently found on the slablike or broad loop handles of shallow 

 bowls from north coast sites. De Booy's " filter jar " was found 

 by him in a cave at Salado near Cape Macao on the eastern coast. 

 Another noteworthy find of De Booy's from the Salado caves is 

 a water bottle in which the effigy figurine occupies the entire wall 

 surface of the bulbous neck cavity. The figurine is anthropo- 

 mori^hic. Eyes are rounded buttons bisected with transverse slits 

 and surrounded by deeply incised grooves. A ridge in high relief 

 passes between the eye moldings to form the nose. Flaring nostrils 

 are modeled in rather exaggerated style. The mouth is represented 

 by a heavy and deep transverse groove. An incised line passes 

 around the mouth area, emphasizing the lips. The general grin- 

 ning and bloated appearance of the effigy is reminiscent of Lesser 

 Antillean effigy forms rather than of typical Santo Domingan 

 types. Other figurine heads and vessels described by De Booy are 

 of typical Tainan form and design. 



A vessel now in the British Museum from the coast of Peru has 

 two superimposed compartments, the upper being provided with a 

 perforated bottom. Cobo states that the Indians of Peru roasted 

 maize in perforated bowls. A modification of this usage is the 

 steam cooker of the Chane, the Chiriguano, and the Mataco Vejos. 

 Vessels with perforated bottoms occur in the Pueblo area of the 

 Southwest, also in Mexico in the Huastec area. Tribes of the Lower 



»^ De Booy, Theodoor, Pottery from Certain Caves in Eastern Santo Domingo, Contr. 

 Heye Museum, No. 9, reprinted from Amer. Anthrop., n. s., vol. 17, No. 1, 1915. 



