EXPLANATION OF PLATES 161 



Plate 45 



Top : Cast of painted earthenware vessel. Island of St. Kitts. U.S.N.M. No. 

 229777, collected by C. W. Branch. Bottom : Globular bowl of painted, thin- 

 walled red ware from Guas'ubin in the valley of the Rio Yaque del Norte. 

 Province of Monte Cristi. 



The introduction of paint in polychrome design covering the entire outer sur- 

 face of the St. Kitts earthenware vessel at once sets this hemispherical bowl 

 apart from shallow Dominican earthenware types. It is further characterized 

 by a heavy rim reinforcement on the outside of the upper coil. The general 

 effect of the entire vessel is that of massiveness due to sectional thickness of 

 walls. 



The vessel from northern Santo Domingo shown at bottom of the plate reveals 

 traces of thick red paint still adhering to the outer walls. This globose bowl 

 was collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in the vicinity of Guayubin, Province of Monte 

 Cristi, U.S.N.M. No. 293016. This vessel is unusual because of the extreme 

 convexity of incurved walls, forming a narrow neck orifice. Two perforations 

 have been made near the margin. The incised line patterns appearing on the 

 incurved walls above the shoulder are different from other known examples of 

 Santo Domingan earthenware vessels. 



Plate 46 



Four vessels are shown ; the two upper being from a midden at Andres, 

 Province of Santo Domingo, the two below from a midden at Monte Cristi 



The globose bowl at upper left, U.S.N.M. No. 349352, is 8 inches in diameter 

 and 4% inches in depth. Anthropomorphic figurines are applied to rim while 

 a decorative panel of incised lines and terminal pits in series alternating with 

 concentrically incised circles embellishes the outer walls near the margin. 



The bowl at upper right, U.S.N.M. No. 349354, diameter 6% inches, depth 

 3l^ inches, is unique in aboriginal pottery collections from Santo Domingo. 

 It represents a cylindrical vessel inserted in a shallow traylike bowl of 

 cazuela type. It is covered with a dark red slip and ornamented in its upper 

 portion with encircling incised bands and bilaterally applied conventionalized 

 animal figurines. Although unique in collections from Santo Domingo there 

 is no evidence that would indicate its origin in northern Florida, where similar 

 vessels have been found. 



The two small bowls at bottom accompanied child burials found near the 

 bottom of the midden designated K 2 near Monte Cristi. 



The outward-flaring rim of the unsyrametrical bowl in lower right-hand cor- 

 ner is somewhat unusual. 



Plate 47 



Four examples of bowls recovered from San Juan midden, Samana, in 1928 



No. 1 is a boat-shaped bowl, belonging to the coarse and friable, brown- 

 colored terra-cotta ware, with pronounced shoulder and high projections of 

 rim at either end surmounted with conventionalized zoomorphic figurine heads, 

 U.S.N.M. No. 341019. 



No. 2 is a 2-compartment bowl belonging to the red-ware group. Like Nos. 

 1 and 3 it accompanied child burials at the bottom of the San Juan midden. 

 It is 61/4 inches long and 2^^ inches in depth. The walls of red-ware vessels are 

 thicker and show better firing than those belonging to the brown or terra- 



