EXPLANATION" OF PLATES 



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These three objects are from the midden of Andres, Province of Santo 

 Domingo. The figure at upper right shows a foot and thicliened linee of a 

 leg from a human figurine which is missing, U.S.N.M. No. 349391. It is SVs 

 inches in length and is covered with a red slip. Andres, Province of Santo 



Domingo. 



The incised fragment at lower left shows the inside of a vessel from a 

 midden in tlie valley of the Tireo River, Province of La Vega. It is unusual 

 in that the wall section is one-half inch in thickness, well fired, and perforated 

 near the margin to represent the eye of a figurine modeled on the surface near 



Ti?^^two fragmentary figurines at center, U.S.N.M. Nos. 349269 and 349270, 

 are zemi figurines, 5 inches in length and IVa inches in thickness, and came 

 from a rock ledge burial in the valley of the LimonciUa, Province of La Vega. 



The anthropomorphic figurine with rim fragment in the lower right-hand 

 corner is from an earthenware plate excavated near the aboriginal earthworks 

 just north of the town of Constanza, Province of La Vega. 



Plate 37 



Incised and relieved decorative patterns forming panels on earthenware 



bowls 



The T-shaped patterns, also the meandered spiral, are similar to those of the 

 tubular earthenware stamp figured in Plate 34. Patterns shown on this plate 

 were made, however, in free-hand, with the exception of the one next to the bot- 

 tom at the right, which is in relief and might readily have been made with a 

 cylindrical stamp; this applies also to the spiral pattern at the top. 



The water bottle fragment in lower left-hand corner is covered with kaolm 

 slip and shows a relieved decorative panel as well as incised line patterns. 

 Province of Monte Cristi. 



Plate 38 



Incised patterns forming decorative designs on or near the rim of earthenware 

 plates resembling very much an ordinary dinner plate. Province of Monte 



Cristi 



Plate 39 



Aviform modelings applied to rim of earthenware vessels. Province of Monte 

 Cristi. The upper figure resembles in head form what MacCurdy terms the 

 " parrot god " of ancient Chiriqui. 



Plate 40 



Earthenware bowl fragments from Jamaica and Santo Domingo 



The vessel fragment figured above, U.S.N.M. No. 341667, is from a cave near 

 Kingston, Jamaica, and is typical of the thin-walled, knobbed, yellow ware of 



'"^Thf bowl fragment shown in center, U.S.N.M. No. 11569, was collected by 

 Gabb in Samana. It is a typical globose terra-cotta ware bowl with applied 

 figurine head near margin. ^. K„A,^r.c 



The bowl fragment below. U.S.N.M. No. 349389, is from the midden at Andres 

 Province of Santo Domdngo. Not clearly shown is the panel of Crosshatch 

 scarification, crudely applied. The bowl is otherwise plam. 



