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of attachment can be seen, not only in the two large restored vessels 

 (pi. 24, o, b), but also in the smaller, cruder, but complete models 

 of these vessels from the Dixon offertory (pi. 8, fig. i). The lugs 

 appear to have commonly been molded on the vessel as part of the 

 original coiling process. They are extremely difficult to classify, owing 

 to their extreme conventionalization and to the fact that the various 

 forms blend into one another. The 65 unattached lugs in the present 

 collection were definitely selected from the large number uncovered 

 at the site, but in making this selection an effort was made not only 

 to represent the range of types but also to represent roughly the 

 numerical proportions of each type as noted in the excavation. 



The largest class of lugs (d) comprise attached heads, and in a 

 few cases complete bodies, of anthropomorphic, monstrous, or animal 

 forms. There are a wide range of motifs. The animal forms include 

 six manatee heads, which range from the naturalistic (fig. 24, a) to 

 the very conventional (fig. 23, a). It may be noted that this manatee 

 motif with the two concentric circles on each side (fig. 24, a; pi. 18, 

 fig. 2, a, b) is very widespread both on the Bay Islands and on the 

 Honduras mainland. There are five cat heads or figures (fig. 23, 

 d, e, i) , one raccoon or coatimundi (fig. 23, /; ) , one peccary (fig. 24, b) , 

 one alligator (fig. 24, c), one bat (?) (fig. 25, c), one currasow 

 (pi. 27, fig. I, (/), one hammerhead shark (pi. 27, fig. i, c), and two 

 iguana heads (fig. 24, d: pi. 27, fig. i, c). Of this list it is 

 interesting to note that only the bat, raccoon, manatee, iguana, alli- 

 gator, and hammerhead shark arc found in the Bay Islands. The 

 jaguar, ocelot (probable sources of the cat motif), peccary, or cur- 

 rasow do not occur on the islands, though all are alnuidant on the 

 adjacent mainland. In regard to the fundamental relationship between 

 the two main ceramic types noted at island sites, it is significant that 

 practically identical iguana head lugs (fig. 22, c; fig. 24, /) and 

 very similar cat head lugs (fig. 23, b, g) occur in the thin. Polychrome 

 I ware. To return to the monochrome ware, five more or less grotesque 

 human head lugs are at hand (fig. 25, e, /). Two of these, evidently 

 representing human skulls (fig. 25, e), are identical and from the 

 same pot. In addition to the above, 10 lugs are too conventionalized 

 for classification (fig. 27, d, /). Of these, three are ovoid, thin in 

 vertical section, and perforated at the lower part of the tip, thus 

 rather suggesting a tapir's snout. Three are short, rounded lugs with 

 mouth, nose, and eye perforations possibly derived from the manatee 

 motif (compare fig. 23, a). Three are rather cylindrical with raised 

 " coffee bean " eyes and, in two cases, with punctate decoration sug- 

 gesting stripes or spots (fig. 2y, f). One is merely a small pottery 

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