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well be the coast-form which served as a model for the other. 

 In both examples there is but one handle, and the general shape 

 is the same in both. Figure 4, however, is definitely associated 

 with Inca art by the "quipu motif" on its body. 



We will now draw up a classification of Inca pottery on a 

 basis of form and decoration : 



Type I Large open-necked vessels (often painted with geo- 

 metric designs). 



a Deep bowls without handles (Seler, 1893, 



Plate I), 

 b Various types with handles gradually ap- 

 proaching aryballus. 

 Type II Aryballus type. Narrow neck, two handles and 

 nubbin. 



a With geometric designs only. 



b With painted designs both geometric and 



animal. 

 c With modelled anthropomorphic element and 



painted design in combmation. 

 d Miscellaneous sub-types. 

 Type III Plates, bowls, braziers, cups, etc. 

 a With geometric designs, 

 b With animal or human designs. 

 c With both. 

 Type IV Miscellaneous beakers, bottles and pots. 



We must now turn our attention to the question of Inca or 

 Cuzco textiles. To the modern eye they appear the most beau- 

 tiful of all Peruvian textiles. As we shall see, however, they 

 are not technically sO wonderful as the Proto-Nasca embroideries. 

 Plates XVI and XVII show four typical Inca textiles. A glance 

 will show the reader that those on Plate XVI are of a very dif- 

 ferent type from the other two. They come from the island of 

 Titicaca, and the originals are in the American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York. In Plate XVI it is seen that the 

 decorative tendency is to break the surface up into small patches 

 of color. This same tendency may be remarked on Inca pottery 

 from the same site. The number of decorative motifs is too 

 great to dwell upon at length ; we shall have to content ourselves 

 with noting that the motif which consists in a slanting band 

 ended off by two squares each containing a dot, which squares 

 are repeated on each side of the band, occurs on an Inca cloth 



