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No. 3. Vase found at a depth of 8 feet below the 

 surface at Copacabana, in the Province of Catamarca. It 

 doubtless marked the she of an ancient grave. — This vase 

 has two faces marked upon it very similar to an Eg3^ptian 

 type, and it is highly probable that it is much older than 

 No. 2; but, although the neck part is broken off, it has the 

 same shape. Nos. 2 and 3 may have belonged to 

 different tribes ; both, however, are very ancient. 



No. 4. Vase found in an Indian grave in the Province 

 of Catamarca. — This is of a different type, being a transi- 

 tion from Nos. 2 and 3. Probably it is a few centuries 

 younger, or of the first Inca period. The Aztec sign of 

 building predominates, but at the bottom part Sun-rays 

 are visible. 



No. 5. Vase found in an Indian grave in the Province 

 of Catamarca. — This is of the same class and type as 

 No. 4. 



No. 6. Vase found in an Indian grave in the Province 

 of Catamarca. — This has decided Sun-rays upon it, and 

 is a little more elaborate, and possibly may have belonged 

 to the period of the 2nd Inca, for as it was discovered at 

 a considerable depth below the surface, and South of the 

 principal seat of Government, the Sun worship had taken 

 a firm hold upon the Southern tribes who had l)een 

 conquered. 



No. 7. Vase found in the grave of an Indian in the 

 Province of Catamarca. — It is of the same form and type 

 as Nos. 4, 5, and 6, but it has the serj)ent sign represented 

 in an angular form. There is also a serpent's head over 

 each of the handles, or if it should be proved not to be a 

 serpent's head, then it may be a representation of the head 

 of a diminutive species of Armadillo, an animal common 

 in the provinces. Near to the bottom part Sun-rays 

 appear. The superior part exhil^its the outlines of the 



