SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 56, NO. 16, PL. 2 





A JAR, 16 CM. HIGH BY 23.5 CM. BROAD, FROM ONE OF THE LESS ANCIENT GRAVES IN 

 THE VALLEY OF CHICAMA, PERU. ONE OF THESE VESSELS OF SAME TYPE, 

 RECOVERED FROM TWO NEIGHBORING GRAVES OF MEN. THE SKULLS OF 

 BOTH WERE DOLICHOCEPHALIC AND FREE FROM ANY DEFORMATION. 



