JAMBELI CULTURE — ESTRADA, MEGGERS, EVANS 



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Figure 34.— Sherds of Jambeli White-on-Red (dark stippling indicates red slip; no stippling, 



white paint). 



Decoration: 



Technique: 1) White stripes and zones on red slip. Stripes typically 2-7 mm. 

 wide, occasionally 1.3-1.8 cm. wide; some variation in width due to poor 

 control of brush; termination may be tapered to point or thickened by excess 

 paint; paint sometimes thick and easily chipped off. Solid areas are 

 rectanguloid, up to 4 by 6 cm., or circular. Unequal thickness of paint 

 makes color vary from white to pinkish in thin places where underlying red 



