A STUDY OF CHIRIQUIAN ANTIQUITIES. 



A compound vase is reproduced in figure 191. The two neck constrictions, 

 the repeated curves of the outlines, and the decoration, all combine to give the 

 appearance of a small vase resting on the rim of a larger one. Of the two 

 original ground colors, the red as a rule predominates. Here the order is reversed, 

 the red being confined to three rather narrow horizontal bands at the periphery, 

 the lower neck constriction, and the rim, respectively. The rest is in light salmon 

 color. Three quadrangular panels envelop the upper zone of the first story and 

 the upper story is decorated by three similar smaller panels enclosing a spotted 

 field. The bottom is in the original ground (salmon), with the exception of a 

 single black band a short distance below the peripheral band of red. 



An unusual disposition of the light and red colors of the original ground is to 

 be seen in figure 192. There is no zonal division. The red field on the bottom 

 is oval, instead of circular in shape, from either end of which a broad red band 



Fig. 192. Vase showing unusual disposition Fig. 193. Unique vase with large long neck 



of red and light colors of the original surmounted by a rectangular lip, and with 



ground. Lost color ware. '/ tuberosities on the body. Lost color 



ware. '/ 



is carried vertically upward to the neck, where it divides and forms a sort of 

 collar. The two vertical bands are also united on either side by a red band, each 

 drawn in a plane slightly inclined to a horizontal plane. There are thus formed 

 two panels on a side, somewhat irregular in shape. The design on these in light 

 and black is almost wholly lost. The red paint was applied in a careless manner, 

 especially along the margins, an irregularity that was corrected in the waxing 

 process and covered by the final coating of black, the latter being worn off. 



A vase of unique shape is now introduced (fig. 193) because of the treatment 

 of the two colors of the original ground. The lip is here prolonged on either 

 side until it becomes rectangular in outline. Its upper surface is painted red. 

 The neck is comparatively long and large. The relatively small body would be 

 globular but for the tuberosities on the shoulder, each emphasized by an encircling 

 band of red (the only red ground on the body). Of the decoration on the light 

 ground, including the tuberosities, very few traces remain, but enough to identify 

 the vessel as belonging to the lost color group. 



