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A STUDY OF CHIRIQU1AN ANTIQUITIES. 



pace are present in figure 80, while in figure 81, but a single section remains. 

 The eyes and ears still persist. 



Sometimes the carapace is carried across the ventral surface without a break 

 at the median line. An example of this is seen in figure 82, where a single band 

 represents the entire carapace. This band does not appear on the dorsal surface. 

 The identity of these shoulder ornaments might be in doubt were it not for the 

 occasional ventrally placed carapace motives. One of the connecting links be- 

 tween the tripods and vases (fig. 83) belongs to this type. A single element of 

 the carapace is placed on the ventral side, the ends of the two incised fillets almost 

 touching the median ventral line ; while another carapace element is applied longi- 

 tudinally over the vertebral column. The eyes, ears and nose are all prominent. 



Fig. 83. 



Fig. 84. 



I'ig- 83. -Tripod vase with shoulder ornament to 

 which carapace motives are applied both dor- 

 sally and ventrally. Armadillo ware. V> 



Fig. 84. Large vase with armadillo shoulder or- 

 naments from which the carapace motive is 

 absent. Armadillo ware. '/ 



In a majority of cases the carapace is entirely eliminated, the forelegs 

 usually and quite naturally taking its place (PI. X, figs, a and b}. The 

 animal foot reduced to its lowest terms is seen in figure c, it being a flattened 

 node with parallel incisions. This conventionalized foot will appear purely as an 

 ornament in a group of vases to be described later. Even the conventionalized 

 foot does not always accompany the armadillo head (fig. d). The reduction in 

 parts and in size of the head itself reaches the limit in figures e and /. 



Two of the largest vases belonging to the armadillo ware have armadillo heads 

 in the round for shoulder ornaments. One of these is reproduced in figure 84. 

 The shape is graceful and the modeling so perfect as to compare favorably with 

 wheel-work. The ears of the armadillo are placed low, the eyes are wanting, 

 and the nose is much depressed. Vases of the armadillo ware even finer and 

 larger than this one have been found at Boruca, south of Terraba, Costa Rica. 

 Mr. Minor C. Keith has one splendid specimen that came from a grave at Mercedes 

 on the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica. It was evidently an importation, but the 



