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ordinary manner, and there is a heavy double line raised and extending across 

 the brow and down the cheek on each side. 



There are four other specimens of this kind which are not considered worthy 

 of individual description. 



In Captain Dow's collection there is a small image of a man in this terra- 

 cotta. It has the face found on the bowls. The top of the head is painted, as if 

 for a head-dress, and on the back of the head are lines, evidently intended as 

 hair. On the breast are lines of dots, terminating in small rings. At the 

 umbilicus there is a scooped-out depression, which is painted. The arms are 

 attached to the sides, and have five points painted on the outside of the ends for 

 fingers. There are also painted lines or bands which are in the positions of, and 

 may have been designed to represent, a necklace, armlets, bracelets, and a brcoch 

 clout. As in the vessels of the same ware, the field color is buff, and the lines 

 brownish black or red. 



One of the prettiest pieces of the Luna ware is the plate, No. 22,357, Fig. 

 100. It is painted in reddish yellow, and the surface is a perfect net- work of 



Fig. 100. 



No. 22,357. Pinto of Luna terra-cotta. 



the rootlet markings. One of the panels of the band around the inside is shown 

 in Fig. 101. Below these is the band of leaf-like forms illustrated in Fig. 

 102. This specimen was quite well burned, well shaped, and altogether showed 

 more skill than most vessels of the class. 



