﻿504 
  AisrisruAL 
  report 
  Smithsonian 
  institution, 
  1929 
  

  

  series 
  at 
  the 
  raised 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  oblong 
  boat-shaped 
  vessels. 
  Another 
  

   design 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  crescent-shaped 
  ribbon 
  of 
  clay 
  surrounding 
  a 
  

   central 
  knob. 
  This 
  Jamaican 
  red 
  ware, 
  like 
  that 
  from 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  and 
  

   Santo 
  Domingo 
  has 
  very 
  thin 
  but 
  well 
  fired 
  walls. 
  No 
  characteristi- 
  

   cally 
  Arawakan 
  molded 
  zoomorphic 
  figurine 
  heads 
  appear 
  in 
  this 
  

   group. 
  A 
  double-compartment 
  bowl 
  of 
  painted 
  red 
  ware, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  slip 
  on 
  its 
  inner 
  surface 
  was 
  excavated 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  at 
  San 
  Juan 
  

   on 
  the 
  north 
  coast 
  of 
  Samana 
  Peninsula, 
  along 
  with 
  many 
  other 
  similar 
  

   fragmentary 
  or 
  complete 
  vessels 
  — 
  similar 
  as 
  to 
  firing, 
  red 
  slip 
  or 
  

   paint, 
  form, 
  and 
  decoration. 
  The 
  walls 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  of 
  other 
  well- 
  

   fired 
  vessels 
  of 
  the 
  painted 
  red 
  ware 
  are 
  thinner 
  than 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  other 
  

   pottery 
  groups, 
  the 
  nearest 
  approach 
  being 
  the 
  unpainted, 
  incised 
  

   black 
  ware. 
  The 
  introduction 
  of 
  a 
  central 
  diaphragm 
  separating 
  the 
  

   vessel 
  into 
  two 
  oval 
  compartments 
  is 
  unique. 
  The 
  luted 
  ribbons 
  of 
  

   clay, 
  placed 
  bilaterally 
  in 
  vertical 
  positions 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  walls 
  near 
  the 
  

   margin, 
  place 
  this 
  vessel 
  within 
  the 
  classification 
  of 
  the 
  knobbed 
  or 
  

   incorporative 
  decorated 
  pottery 
  which 
  always 
  comes 
  within 
  the 
  

   painted 
  red 
  ware 
  group. 
  Similar 
  pottery 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  

   Cauca 
  River 
  vallej^ 
  of 
  Colombia. 
  

  

  Earthenware 
  water 
  bottles 
  with 
  regularly 
  formed 
  necks 
  occur 
  in 
  

   Haiti 
  and 
  Santo 
  Domingo. 
  Similar 
  Peruvian 
  forms 
  are 
  known. 
  

   The 
  specialized 
  neck 
  form 
  is 
  surmounted 
  with 
  a 
  knobbed 
  or 
  bulbous 
  

   rim. 
  Occasionally 
  the 
  bulbous 
  enlargement 
  of 
  the 
  rim 
  entirely 
  

   replaces 
  the 
  decorative 
  figurines 
  which 
  are 
  usuallj^ 
  luted 
  on 
  as 
  decora- 
  

   tive 
  embellishments 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  neck 
  sector. 
  This 
  later 
  form 
  of 
  water 
  

   bottle, 
  slightly 
  resembling 
  a 
  double 
  gourd, 
  but 
  without 
  other 
  decora- 
  

   tive 
  designs, 
  usually 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  painted 
  white 
  ware. 
  Occasion- 
  

   ally 
  the 
  paint 
  is 
  merely 
  kaolin, 
  but 
  ordinarily 
  the 
  creamy 
  white 
  paint 
  

   is 
  well 
  worked 
  into 
  the 
  smoothly 
  polished 
  surface. 
  The 
  white 
  painted 
  

   ware 
  is 
  usually 
  further 
  distinguished 
  by 
  a 
  creamy 
  white 
  or 
  gray 
  

   granular 
  paste, 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  black 
  loamy 
  clay 
  paste 
  character- 
  

   istic 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  earthenware 
  from 
  the 
  island. 
  In 
  form, 
  the 
  water 
  

   bottle 
  is 
  spherical, 
  having 
  been 
  shaped 
  by 
  coiling 
  and 
  hand 
  modeling, 
  

   aided 
  with 
  a 
  calabash 
  fragment 
  or 
  conch 
  shell 
  spatula. 
  

  

  The 
  effigy 
  canteen 
  from 
  Central 
  America 
  is 
  occasionally 
  duphcated 
  

   in 
  finds 
  from 
  Haitian 
  kitchen 
  middens. 
  This 
  form 
  is 
  distinct 
  from 
  

   the 
  usual 
  in 
  Haitian 
  earthenware 
  forms 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  facial 
  features 
  of 
  

   the 
  effigy 
  or 
  figurine 
  head 
  are 
  luted 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  which 
  

   is 
  itself 
  incorporated 
  in 
  the 
  design 
  as 
  the 
  figurine 
  head. 
  This 
  form 
  of 
  

   effigy 
  canteen 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  Gulf 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida, 
  also 
  in 
  Mississippi, 
  

   Alabama, 
  and 
  in 
  Louisiana. 
  

  

  A 
  punctate 
  decorative 
  design, 
  resembling 
  forms 
  from 
  Florida 
  and 
  

   the 
  Gulf 
  coast, 
  appears 
  as 
  a 
  common 
  type 
  of 
  decorative 
  design 
  on 
  the 
  

   north 
  coast 
  and 
  in 
  western 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  More 
  or 
  less 
  deeply 
  

   incised 
  pits 
  are 
  regularly 
  excavated 
  in 
  series 
  of 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  six 
  or 
  more 
  

  

  