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COLUMBIAN HISTOKICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID. 



are well executed. A kneeling figure of a woman (No. 355) is noticeably 

 well modeled. 



There is no evidence that molds were used, and the collection does 

 not contain stamps, nor was any stamped pottery shown from Nicaragua. 



The ware was finished by smoothing the 

 surface with stones, etc. The burial jars 

 from Ometepec and other places have been 

 roughly curried with the finishing tool. 

 Some pieces received no further treatment, 

 and most of the ware after baking was pre 

 pared for decoration by the application of 

 a thick, cream-colored slip of pipe clay. 

 When dry this was polished, presenting a 

 good background for the red and black 

 pigments used for decoration. 



Tazza No. 69, with a bright-red ground, 

 has the appearance of being glazed by 

 firing. It is from Alta Gracia. 



The ornamentation in or upon the body 



of the ware is either painted, incised, or modeled. No. 379, a bowl of 

 common ware, has a border of pairs of double-radiating incisions, like 

 the arms of the letter Y, around the rim. Some bowls have the design 

 inside incised through the white slip, resembling the ornamentation of 

 the jicaras or bowls made from the gourd tree. 



Fig. 28. 

 VASE WITH APPLIQUE BOSSES. 



Figs. 29, 30, and 31. 



JICARA-FORM VASES. 

 Nicaragua. 



In a few cases the body of the vessels is ornamented by indenting the 

 paste, as in the modern pottery of Oartajeua, Mexico, and sometimes 

 an &quot; apple-pie&quot; fluting is worked around the edge by the fingers. A 

 number of specimens are ornamented by bosses of clay upon the exterior 

 (Barbotine) (fig. 28). 



