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broad rudimentary foot. The color is quite dark, and the surface 

 well polished. The engraved design consists of four elaborate, in- 

 terlinked scrolls, comprising a number of lines, and bordered by 

 wing-like, triangular figures, filled in with reticulated lines This 

 latter feature is often associated with native delineations of mythic 

 reptiles, and it is not impossible that this scroll work is a highly 

 conventionalized form of some such conception. The four volute 

 centres are slightly concave. 



Three excellent examples of tripod bottles are illustrated in the 

 accompanying figures. The first. Fig. 82, is a large-necked, rather 



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clumsy vessel of ordinary workmanship, which rests upon three glob- 

 ular legs. These are hollow, and the cavities connect with that of 

 the body of the vessel. The whole surface is well polished and very 

 dark. The vessel depicted in Fig. 83, has a number of noteworthy 

 features. In shape, it resembles the preceding with the exception of 

 the legs, which are flat and have stepped or terraced margins. The 



