Plate XI 



Series of vases in which the entire armadillo is employed as a shoulder decoration. 



Armadillo ware. Page 61. 



Figure a. Vase, the armadillo serving as shoulder ornaments, all three divisions 



of the carapace being represented. '/a 

 Figure b. Small vase in which the armadillo is placed lower on the shoulder and 



in a burrowing attitude ; from Escaria. */ 



Figure c. Vase showing the characteristic burrowing attitude of the armadillo. Va 

 Figure d. Upper portion of vase showing that the armadillo foot and the incised 



nodes on the neck of the vase are identical. Va 

 Figure e. Vase in which the shoulder ornaments represent the armadillo with 



characteristic incised tail. Va 

 Figure /. Vase with the armadillo as shoulder ornaments and with the tail motive 



as a neck ornament. Va 





