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There are in the National Museum several A^essels from Peru, showins- fish- 

 figures in relief. I give in Fig. 394 a representation of the most conspicuous 

 among them— a black vessel of graceful form, with a handle in the shape of a 

 monkey. There appears on each side a sort of panel showing the figures of two 

 fishes and that of a long-billed bird between them. The background from which 

 the figures stand out is marked with the raised dots often surroundino- the relief- 

 work on Peruvian earthenware. Fig. 395 shows the panel enlarged. 



This fine specimen was presented to the National Museum by Mr. J. V. 

 Norton. 



Fio. 394. 



Fio. 395. 



Figs. 394 and 395. — Clay vessel and ornamentation on it enlarged. Peru. (17377). 



Dr. Macedo mentions in his catalogue a small vase from Casma with an 

 aperture in the form of a man's head and two animal-shaped handles. On the 

 front part is repi'esented in relief a man standing upright among fishes, and in 

 the act of catching a lai'ge fish with a net.* 



The progress in metallurgy which the Peruvians had made before the advent 

 of the Spaniards is well known, and it would be foreign to my purpose to enlarge 

 on the subject. Like all other indigines of America, I will simply state, they 

 were unacquainted with the use of iron ; but they worked copper and the precious 

 metals, producing a great variety of tools, utensils, ornaments, and trinkets, 



■* Catalogue d'Objects Archeologiques dii Perou ; Paris, 1881 ; p. 17, No. 261. 



