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COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID. 



Specimen ~No. 75 (fig. 34) represents a jicara sitting in a cliscoidal 

 holder or foot like those used in Guatemala. 



A few urn-like forms with handles and grotesque Quiche jars showing 

 the marks of potters tools are found. The gem of the collection is a 



large jicara vase painted in red and white, 

 with figures of katuns or hieroglyphicSo 

 Dr. Briutoii pronounces this the finest 

 vase in existence, and the most southerly 

 occurrence of the Quiche -Maya katuns. 

 Another fine piece of dark-brown ware 

 has a rectangular bas relief apparently 

 cut out, representing a human figure with 

 headdress, necklace, cincture, etc., kneel 

 ing on a stool. In one corner is a cartouch 

 containing three katuns (fig. 35). 



Another jicara katun vase bears two 

 horizontal bands with katuns. It is 5 

 inches high j from Escuintla. 



There is a pretty globose fluted vase of 

 gray ware, mounted on three feet (fig. 3G). 

 The feet are hollow, with an oval slit 5 each 

 contains a small ball. It is Quiche work. 



The incensarios are basins of equal height and diameter, bearing 

 a human face on one edge. The exterior is regu 

 larly covered with long spines, giving them a 

 curious appearance. All bear evidence of burn 

 ing resin. Some of them have lids a unique 

 occurrence, as far as the writer knows, in ancient 

 American pottery. ^N&quot;o tazzas with perforated 

 feet like those of Ecuador, Colombia, etc., are 

 found in Guatemala. 



The Guatemalan potter modeled idols more or 

 less rudely by the aid of stamps and molds. Two 



trumpets of 



Fig. 36. 



FLUTED VASE OF GRAY WAKE. 



Quiches, Guate 



terra cotta, 

 which look 

 like Quiche 

 work, are 

 noteworthy. 

 They consist 

 of four tubes, 

 each having a 

 slitand allblown by onemoutlipiece, having a sep 

 tum, which conducts the air on either side to apair 

 of tubes. The sound is made by the air moving 

 across the slit in front like some organ pipes (fig. 37). 



ORNAMENTED BORDER ( F STAND. 

 Huehuetenango, Gu;ifein;tl:i. 



Fig. 37. 



TRUMPET WITH FOUR TUBES. 



Guatemala. 



