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and figs. 28, 29) ; or a combination of Bold Animalistic and geo- 

 metric motifs including highly conventionalized birds (pi. 14, a, b; 

 figs. 21, 24), monkeys, (pi. 13, a, b, c, and figs. 22, 23), alligators 

 (fig. 25), peccary, and "dancing" jaguars (pi. 12, d). Although 

 somewhat similar animal motifs occur on true Maya wares, these 

 Yojoa forms are generally distinctive and are usually associated with 

 other designs suggesting the Bold Geometric style of the Ulua. Mon- 



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Fig. 26. — Outline of Yojoa Polychrome pot showing " vestigial " spout, Aguacate. 

 (From a private collection at Jaral.) 



key designs occur commonly on the two-handled pots with dimpled 

 bases (pi. 13, a, c, and fig. 22). The range of Lake Yojoa monkey 

 designs is extremely wide and interesting. The Bold Geometric swollen 

 vessel with monkey lug handles is not overly common at Aguacate or 

 other Lake Yojoa sites but does occur (pi. 14, d). Such Yojoa vessels 

 are smaller than the majority of those from the Ulua and often have 

 vestigial lugs and less striking red and black designs. These vestigial 

 handle-lugs are also very common on the dull bufif cooking vessels 

 with dull red stripes (fig. 27). Another two-handled straight-necked 



