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Figure 196. Vase in pale yellow and black, with zonal decoration ; from Divala. Lost 



color ware. '/ . . . . . . . . . .118 



Figure 197. Vase in light cream and black, decorated with vertical panels each en- 

 closing a faulted meander. Lost color ware. */ . . . .118 



Figure 198. Small vase decorated with parallel coiled bands; from Vivala (not Divala). 



Lost color ware. */ . - . . . . . . . .119 



Figure 199. Vase with handles and with frondlike ornamentation. Lost color ware. '/ 119 

 Figure 200. Vase with primitive human figures as shoulder ornaments. Lost color ware. V 120 

 Figure 201. Very small vase with relief figures on shoulder representing the human 



head and arms. Lost color ware. ! / . . . . . . . 120 



Figure 202. Vase ornamented with bird's head and tail in relief, the latter resembling 



a horizontal loop handle. Lost color ware. '/>..... 121 

 Figure 203. Vase with vertical handle, opposite which is a figure with human body and 



the beak of a bird, presumably the parrot-god ; from Divala. Lost color ware. */' 121 

 Figure 204. Small double vessel with single arched handle; from El Banco. Lost 



color ware. 'I* .......... 121 



Figure 205. Double vessel with two outer handles and a single short arched central 



handle. Lost color ware. */'........ 121 



Figure 206. Detail showing favorite representation of alligator in profile. '/> . . 126 



Figure 207. Similar treatment of the alligator. '/ . . . . .126 



Figure 208. Alligator in profile with in verted scale-group motives and nuchal appendage. '/> 127 

 Figure 209. Detail showing fusion of two alligators in profile. '/ ... 127 



Figure 210. Alligator profile showing exaggeration of jaws and nuchal appendage. *' 128 

 Figure 211. Alligator profile adapted to fit the space at hand. '/... 128 

 Figure 212. Profile of alligator with head turned backward, the long lower jaw being 



balanced by the well developed nuchal appendage. */> . . . . 129 



Figure 213. Profile of alligator in which only the head and nuchal crest remain 



prominent. */ . . . . . . . . . .129 



Figure 214. Well-balanced but angular and stylistic representation of the alligator. */ 130 

 Figure 215. Highly conventionalized two-headed alligator. */> . . . 130 



Figure 216. Double-headed alligator with nuchal crest on the head at the left. '/> 130 

 Figure 217. Two-headed alligator showing transposition of parts, both nuchal crests 



being attached to the same neck. ! /> . . . . . . . 130 



Figure 218. Two-headed alligator with nuchal crests absent. '/> ... 130 



Figure 219 d. Series of motives, each representing the double-headed alligator. '/ 131 

 Figure 220. Multiple alligator motive. '/ ........ 131 



Figure 221. Simplified multiple alligator motive. V ..... 131 



Figure 222. Detail probably representing two body-lines, each with a single scale symbol. '/ 131 

 Figure 223. Sigmoid scroll representing two body-curves. '/ . . . 131 



Figure 224. Conventionalized alligator in profile; hieroglyphic stage. 'I' . . 131 



Figure 225. Wholesale reduction and simplification of the alligator in profile. '/ . 131 

 Figure 226a c. Conventionalized alligator designs. '/ . . . . .133 



Figure 227. Vase, whose shoulder zone includes six arched panels filled with scale 



symbols; from Divala. Alligator ware. '/ . . . . . .133 



Figure 228. Vase, whose three arched panels are associated with scale motives. 



Alligator ware. '/ ......... 133 



Figure 229. Vase having but two arched panels, in which scale- and spine-motives 



are grouped ; from Divala. Alligator ware. '/ . . . .134 



Figure 230. Double-necked vase with the dorsal-view motive as a panel decoration; 



from Bugavita. Alligator ware. 1* . . . . . . .134 



