TYPE EXAMPLES IN THE NATIONAL COLLECTION 103 



loops of coiled clay. This is the crudest example of ceramics from 

 the cemetery at Andres. (PI. 56, third row, left.) 



Earthenware vessel from cemetery at Andres. Height 3.6 inches 

 (9.2 centimeters), diameter 4,9 inches (12.3 centimeters). Thin- 

 walled, smooth surface, black to buff coloring, obtained perhaps by 

 firing. Surface crackled. Bottom is continuation of the convex 

 curve of the walls. A marked shoulder ridge with constriction at 

 neck and unusually large upright rim or oral sector. No decoration 

 and no lugs. (PI. 56, third row, right.) 



Rectangular earthenware bowl from cemetery at Andres. Diam- 

 eter 6.7 inches (16.8 centimeters), height 3 inches (7.7 centimeters). 

 The convexly rounded walls meet to form bottom. A sharply de- 

 fined shoulder ridge is bordered with a decorative panel consisting 

 of two bilaterally applied figurine heads gazing inward and of two 

 oppositely placed bilaterally nucleated wens or knobs. The knobs 

 in conjunction with the two figurine heads give the vessel a quad- 

 rangular outline heightened by the rectangular margin. Filling the 

 space between the nucleated knobs and the figurine heads are 

 curved and angular incised lines. Coloring obtained partly by 

 firing and burnishing. An excellent example, but fragmentary. 

 (PL 6, lower right.) 



Earthenware globose bowl from cemetery at Andres. Height 5.7 

 inches (14.5 centimeters), maximum diameter 8.7 inches (22.2 centi- 

 meters) . Thin- walled, firmly textured vessel of unusual type, recog- 

 nizable, however, as typically Tainan in its decorative design. This 

 design consists of the usual paneling of rectangular incised lines 

 with terminal punctations, which in this example appear in series 

 of two or three. Bilateral applications of animal figurines repre- 

 senting some recumbent animal form are highly conventionalized. 

 The convexly rounded walls of the vessel are remarkable in that 

 there appears a constriction near the center where normally in 

 Santo Domingan vessels there appears a marked shoulder ridge, the 

 shoulder ridge in this vessel appearing midway between the con- 

 stricted area and the upper margin. Coloring is of a deep rich 

 chocolate brown on outer surface, tinged with buff on inner. Walls 

 highly polished and evidence of slip throughout. (PI. 54, second 

 row, end and profile.) 



Earthenware globular vessel from cemetery at Andres. Height 5 

 inches (12.7 centimeters), maximum diameter 8.2 inches (20.9 centi- 

 meters). Like the vessel just described, this example is peculiar 

 because of the thinness of the even-textured, well-fired walls, and 

 because of the banded constriction where normally appears the 

 shoulder ridge. Otherwise this vessel presents a uniformly con- 

 vexly rounded surface extending from margin to center of body. 

 No decoration except for vertical extension of margin into two bi- 



