HI 4 PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



No 61,700. Shallow bowl painted inside and out with similar patterns. 

 On the outside there is a series of twelve hieroglyph like figures of two 

 kinds in alternation. On the iuside are ten similar figures also alterna- 

 ting. This bowl is thicker and more solid in construction than any of 

 the others. 1 have been unable to find another like it in the collection 

 of the National Museum. It was found inside of a round urn where 

 it served as a cover for a human skull. Depth, 2£ inches ; width, 7 

 in ches. 



No. 01,701. Shallow dish with flat bottom and flaring sides. Painted 

 on outside simply in black and red lines broken by short vertical lines 

 extending around its circumference. On the inside the design is much 

 more elaborate, being more like that found on some of the larger bowls. 

 This also was found inside of a round urn and had been used as a skull 

 cover. Depth, 2^ inches ; width, 7£ inches. 



No. 61,702. Shallow dish with bottom more rounded and sides more 

 flaring than the last. Painted inside and out with very elaborate de- 

 signs. Paint scaled off in many places. Found near a shoe-shaped urn. 

 Depth, If inch ; width, 6^ inches. 



No. 61,703. Deep dish with rounded bottom and flaring sides. This 

 dish is ornamented both inside and out with designs more intricate and 

 elaborate than any other that I have seen from Ometepe. The colors 

 are quite fresh and distinct. Found inside of round burial urn. Depth, 

 2 inches ; width, 5| inches. 



No. 61,704. Deep, narrow-mouthed, bowl-shaped vessel ornamented 

 on the outside with a series of red and black lines, and oblong longi- 

 tudinal panels inclosing circular and square figures. Lower half of out- 

 side and entire inside not ornamented. Found inside of a shoe-shaped 

 burial urn. Depth, 4 inches ; width, 5| inches. 



No. 61,705. Deep, flat -bottomed, straight-sided vessel, painted red, 

 and ornamented with incised lines on the outside near the rim. Found 

 outside of burial urn. Contained human bones. Depth, 3f inches; 

 width, 6^ inches. 



No. 61,706. Two miniature shoe-shaped vessels joined together, facing 

 in opposite directions with a handle on top (broken off). The two ves- 

 sels are joined together inside by a round hole. This specimen is unique 

 in the collections of the National Museum. Depth, 2^ inches; width, 

 4§ inches. 



No. 61,744. Under this number come the numerous legs or feet of 

 tripod vessels of clay encountered in all parts of the excavations. They 

 almost always are made to represent the head of man or some ani- 

 mal, are hollow inside, and often have a little ball of hard clay within 

 which makes a rattling noise when shaken. They are always painted 

 in designs corresponding to those found on the vessels to which they 

 belong. Although dozens of these legs were found I did not encounter 

 a single entire tripod. 



No. 61,745. Two vase ornaments representing heads of animals well 



