Plate XXXVII 



Series of vases in which the shoulder decoration consisting of four rosette patterns 

 is the dominant feature. Alligator ware. Page 136. 



Figure a. Vase with alligator motives ornamenting lip and shoulder. 2 / s 

 Figure b. Small vase with alligator motives on the lip, also on the raised nodes 

 of the shoulder ; from Bugavita. 2 /. < 



Figure c. Vase in which the design is confined to the rosettes on the raised 



nodes, the central feature of each being three scale-group symbols. 1 / 

 Figure d. Vase in which the scale-group motives are disengaged from the inner 



circle of the rosette ; the interspace is marked by a cross ; from Divala. */- 

 Figure e. Vase in which the center of the rosette is a cross accompanied by 



four scale-group motives ; from Divala. '/a 

 Figure f. Vase in which the accentuated nodes are applied to the outer surface, 



the painted decoration being a variant of that in figure e. l j s 



