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Viz. 72. 



No. 299. 



No. 299. 



occurs again, in the crooked double lines at a, in which rests the circle or globe, 

 and above the latter, the double lines with red and black shading, which were 

 incipient at c in the fourth section of Fig. 66. The otherwise vacant spaces are 

 fdled in as usual with lines, circles, and dots, which vary in number and arrange- 

 ment in the three panels. 



Fig. 76. 



Fig. 74. 



No. 22,316. 



Bowl of Luna terra-cotta, showing 

 flblcs drilled for string. 



No. 22,310. 



From this point we can pursue the trace of evolution into the series of more 

 elaborate forms seen on No. 22,316, Figs. 74, 75, and six other specimens. The 

 figure is found on the first four times, separated by the faces in relief and the 

 zigzag panels alternately. The panel to the left of, and companion to that in the 

 illustration, has a cross on each side of the figure, the arms of which are similar 

 to those at a on the left side of Fig. 75, except that there is a horizontal black 

 line above the red band or feather, and a circle where the cross is shown. The 



