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Figure 9. — Anthropomorphic shell amulets or pendants from 0-6. 



surfaces are smooth and unblemished except for the top of the head, 

 which has tiny pits. Height is 2.7 cm., width 2.0 cm., and thickness 

 1.8 cm. A groove rather than a notch separates the legs, and a ridge 

 substitutes for incisions to suggest folded arms. Rounded pits form 

 the eyes and the nose is a ridge down the center of the face. 



Plain pendants. — Three small objects of worked shell from 0-6: 

 Las Huacas have one or two perforations suggesting they may have 

 been used as pendants (fig. 5, a-c). Two have well smoothed sur- 

 faces; the third is somewhat rough and may be unfinished. The 

 latter is triangular, 2.2 cm. from base to apex. Two holes are par- 

 tially drilled (fig. 5, c). Another is 5.7 cm. long and 0.8 cm. wide at 

 the center, tapering to a point at both ends. Thickness is 3 mm. 

 The edges are slightly beveled. Two perforations are biconically 

 drilled at the center (fig. 5, a). The third example is irregular in 

 form, measuring 5.1 cm. long with undulating edges. There is a 

 perforation at one edge near the center (fig. 5, b). 



Bird ornament. — A beautifully carved bird (fig. 8, a) of creamy 

 white, slightly striped Spondylus shell comes from 0-6: Las Huacas. 

 The surface is even and polished. The bird, probably a parrot, has 

 the head turned toward the tail. A large conical depression, 2 mm. 

 deep and occupying the center of the head, forms the eye. A row of 



