COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID. 



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Slipping was not practiced to the extent observed in Nicaragua or 

 Costa Rica. Cream-colored slip was in some localities spread over the 

 surface. 



There were no stamps exhibited, nor does Ecuador pottery show the 

 use of stamps. There were two carved cylindrical objects like Assyr- 



Figs. 46-57. 



FORMS OF ECUADOR WAKE. 



ian seals, which resembled stamps, but they were small, and were no 

 doubt beads. 



The common decoration is thin horizontal lines in red and white 

 painted on the surface. The large pretentious vases are laid off in a 

 diamond pattern, the lozenges alternately filled with vertical and hori 

 zontal lining, which is very pretty. A few of the pieces are decorated 

 with small bosses of clay. 



