88  SMITHSONIAN    MISCELLANEOUS    COLLECTIONS  VOL.    96 
The  beautifully  decorated  winged  object  shown  in  plate  20,  figure  i, 
comes  from  cut  15,  depth  28  inches.  In  shape  and  to  a  certain  ex- 
tent in  decoration,  it  is  much  like  one  described  by  Gordon  (1916, 
fig.  100).  On  the  front,  or  flat,  side  the  wings  extend  out  at  an  up- 
ward angle  from  the  wedge-shaped  center;  on  the  reverse  (pi.  21, 
fig.  I )  the  wings  were  cut  down,  leaving  the  central  part  in  high  relief. 
At  the  base  is  a  square  socket  measuring  1.3  cm  across  and  1.5  cm 
in  depth.  Above  this  socket  are  two  round  lashing  holes  7  mm  in 
diameter,  drilled  obliquely  from  the  bases  of  the  wings  and  meeting 
at  about  the  center.  The  ornamentation  is  to  be  classed  as  style  3,  in 
that  it  is  based  primarily  on  the  use  of  circles.  Real  artistry  has  been 
shown  in  the  selection  and  execution  of  an  appropriate  design,  and 
the  harmonious  relationship  of  the  circles  and  the  rows  of  parallel 
and  curving  lines  produces  a  bold  sweeping  surface  ornamentation 
which  is  perfectly  adapted  to  the  flowing  symmetrical  contours  of  the 
object  itself.  The  ornamentation  on  the  reverse  (pi.  21,  fig,  i),  while 
pleasing,  has  not  this  same  feeling  of  motion.  It  consists  of  three 
independent  design  elements  :  a  very  large  circle  surmounting  a  central 
boss,  enclosing  a  smaller  nucleated  circle  and  radiating  lines ;  and 
two  panels  formed  of  a  succession  of  curving  lines  within  which  are 
two  large  flat  circles  with  the  usual  streamers  attached.  In  the  free 
spaces  below  and  to  either  side  of  the  large  central  circle  are  four 
smaller  circles,  all  of  them  nucleated  and  concentric. 
Plate  20,  figure  2,  is  an  unfinished  object  which  is  practically  iden- 
tical in  general  outline  with  the  one  just  described.  It  comes  from 
cut  7,  depth  80  inches. 
Plate  20,  figure  4,  is  a  poorly  preserved  specimen  from  cut  6,  depth 
36  inches.  The  raised  central  portion  on  the  reverse  (pi.  21,  fig.  4) 
has  small  upwardly  inclined  wings  like  the  two  preceding  specimens, 
but  on  the  front  or  flat  side  the  wings  have  the  appearance  of  sloping 
downward.  This  impression  is  due  in  large  part  to  the  decorative 
treatment  of  the  wings,  the  panels  of  which  flow  downward  from  the 
center  in  contrast  to  plate  20,  figure  i,  where  the  lines  on  the  wings 
radiate  upward,  thus  giving  the  wings  the  appearance  of  a  more 
marked  upward  inclination  than  they  actually  have.  The  ornamenta- 
tion in  plate  20,  figure  4,  belongs  to  style  2,  consisting  of  relatively 
complex  designs  composed  of  closely  spaced  straight  and  curving 
lines — continuous  and  broken — small  nucleated  concentric  circles  and 
rows  of  short,  parallel  lines.  The  elaborately  ornamented  front  sur- 
face is  badly  cracked  and  eroded.  On  the  reverse  the  central  circle 
and  its  appended  spurs  enclosing  a  V-shaped  figure  is  practically  a 
counterpart  of  the  design  at  the  back  end  of  the  flat  ivory  object 
