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Fig. 101. Fig. 102. 



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No. 22,357. 



Pig. 103. 



No. 22,353. 



No. 22,357. 



Fig. 104. 



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In Fig. 103 there is the panel shown in Fig. 64, modified to suit the surface 

 of the inner side of the plate. It occurs twice vis a vis, with four of the simpler 

 panels, Fig. 104, intervening. 



The peculiarity of the ornamentation of this pottery adds very greatly to 

 the interest with which it is invested by its association with the burial urns. 



BLACK WARE. 



In and around the burial urns were found objects in this ware tolerably well 

 burned. It is of deep black in some pieces, and well polished. On one or both 

 sides, where handles ought to be, are faces of monkeys or caricatured human faces, 

 in relief. The common ornaments are incised borders, in the patterns shown in 

 Fig. 105. The lines and dots were incised and scooped or gouged out, but in a 

 manner to indicate considerable care and regularity in the execution of details. 

 The articles are mostly small vessels ; a few larger, pot-shaped, as if for cooking; 



Fig. 105. 



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No. 23,756. 



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