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vessel was sketched and photographed in a private collection at Jaral. 

 The tripod dish appears to be rare, but tripod plates, with either high, 

 hollow legs (like pi. 12, /) or low, hollow feet (pi. 14, c) containing 

 rattles, are rather common. The majority of these have conventional 

 designs of the Bold Animalistic type, but Mayoid designs do occur 

 (pi. 12, /), including skeuomorphic glyphs and "dancing figures" 

 associated with textile designs. Yojoa vessels of this sort appear to 

 be somewhat more variable in size than are those from the Ulua. 

 Small, dull brown vessels, with or without low, solid, tripod feet and 

 decorated in the imitation Ulua marble bowl technique of incising, 



cm. 



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YELLOW BUFF 



BLACK 



PURPLISH RED 



Fig. 23. — Yojoa Polychrome bowl, Bold Animalistic type, Aguacate. (Specimen 

 in the National Museum of Honduras at Tegucigalpa.) 



also occur (pi. 14, e). A few of these vessels, with lugs suggesting 

 the Ulua marble bowl technique, have sculptured designs that appear 

 more Mayoid. Particularly noteworthy at Aguacate are a few flat- 

 bottomed dishes of highly polished dark brown ware having unique 

 carved designs (pi. 14, /). These conventionalized designs are carved 

 through the slip and, owing to the light color of the paste, stand out 

 clearly. This seems to be a ware and decorative technique distinct 

 from either the imitation Ulua marble vases or the Maya sculptured 

 vessels. Open bowls vary in size and, as a rule, have two main types 

 of design: Mayoid (often against a dark background) (pi. 12, c, e, 



