154 BULLETIN 15 6, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Plate 6 

 Shallow bowls of the cazuela type 



U.S.N.M. No. 349256. The traylike plain bowl at upi^er left has thicks 

 heavy walls, rounded bottom, and straight unsymmetrical rim. Dimensions: 

 8% inches diameter, 2^4: inches deep. Constanza Valley, Province of La Vega. 



U.S.N.M. No. 349373. Shallow plain bowl with thin walls slightly incurved 

 at rim and rounded at bottom. Notch in rim with perforation underneath 

 appears in foreground. Dimensions : 10% inches diameter, 3 inches deep. 

 Andres, Province of Santo Domingo. 



U. S. N. M. No. 349367. Distinguished by bilateral nodes on shoulder near 

 margin. Corresponding indentations appear on inner surface. Flat bottom,^ 

 incised band encircling lip. Dimensions : 5% inches diameter, 2% inches 

 deep. Andres, Province of Santo Domingo. 



U.S.N.M. No. 349359. Globose bowl with sharp shoulder ridge. Inward- 

 gazing figurine heads broken off. Panels of concentric, crescent-shaped, incised 

 patterns laterally spaced above shoulder. Dimensions: 7% inches diameter^ 

 2^4 inches deep. Andres, Province of Santo Domingo. 



Plate 7 



Earthenware vessels in the National Museum of the Dominican Republic^ 



Santo Domingo City 



The vessels figured in the lower cut are from the Arawak cemetery at Andres, 

 Province of Santo Domingo, where they were excavated by Dr. N. Alberti. No 

 example of painted ware shown, but slipped ware is illustrated. The more 

 elaborate bowls and water bottles above are from Santiago Province and the 

 northern part of the island. 



Plate 8 



Human e'ffigy vases and modeled zoomorphic figurine heads 



The three effigy vessels in the upper row, figured at one-tenth their natural 

 size, are proportionately much larger than the figurine heads below, which are 

 one-third natural size. Objects illustrated in this plate are unusual in form 

 and design among Santo Domingan aboriginal ceramic wares. They are in 

 the Dominican National Museum and have a provenience in the vicinity of 

 Santiago. 



Plate 9 



Unsllpped terra-cotta ware water bottles from aboriginal cemetery at Andres, 

 Province of Santo Domingo. ^Figured at one-tenth natural size. Collectioiv 

 of Dominican National Museum, Santo Domingo City. 



Plate 10 



Heart-shaped water bottles from aboriginal cemetery at Andres, Province of 

 Santo Domingo. Figured at one-half natural size. Thick-walled, flat- 

 bottomed, unslipped terra cotta ware. Excavated by United States National 

 Museum Expedition, 1930 



U.S.N.M. No. 349381, at left, has incised vertical decorative pattern extending 

 from lip to base. Zoomorphic figurine heads bilaterally spa<^ed level witii 

 margin. Dimensions: 4% inches deep, 3Vj inches slioukler diameter, 21,^ 

 inches in sectional diameter. 



