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similar to this but with a pronounced outward flare were recovered at 

 El Hatillo as well, often with vertically flattened lips (figs. 26, d-j, 

 17, e). Collars with a reverse flare and typical Ortiga design elements 

 were found as well as "face" collars; i.e., collars gently flared outward 

 with an incurving lip and decorated with painted eyes, mouths, and 

 painted and modeled noses (fig. 27). The only additional shapes 

 noted are plates (probably pedestal), and deep open bowls with 

 high rounded shoulders, incurving, thickened rims, and presumably 

 pear-shaped bodies (see fig. 35, c). The latter form is represented 

 only by rim sherds, thus base shape is assumed. Jar wall thickness 

 ranges from 5-9 mm., and diameters are estimated at about 35-50 

 cm. The vessels mentioned above as illustrated in Lothrop and 

 Holmes ranged from 35-40 cm. in diameter. No small vessels deco- 

 rated in the fashion of this variety have been noted, either at the 

 El Hatillo site or elsewhere. 



An additional shape known by three or four sherds only is that of 

 a relatively large open bowl (about 34 cm. in estimated diameter) 

 with steep sides and loop or angular handles jutting up as continu- 

 ations of the rim (fig. 17, ^). The handles and immediately adjacent 

 area of the rim are decorated with spectacle or rectangular scroll 

 elements (fig. 28). The remainder of the body, as indicated by the 

 sherd fragments, is red-slipped. Base form is unknown. Lips are 

 rounded. One similar handle is decorated with scroll elements ending 

 in a single black line and with the turtle shell motif illustrated in 

 figure 23, a. 



A number of sherds from extremely large vessels of unknown form 

 were assigned to this variety because of the particular treatment of 

 their scroll patterns. These sherds ranged in thickness from 8-25 

 mm. at the thickened lip. In one case the fragments make up a 

 flared cylindrical column with a minimum diameter of 19 cm. and a 

 height of 30 cm. although both the upper and lower parts of the 

 column are missing. The wall thickness of this specimen is 15 mm. 

 In another case, rim fragments of a vessel (apparently shaped like 

 a pedestal base and decorated on the outside) yield an estimated 

 diameter of 104 cm. 



Appendages and construction. — Though the method of construction 

 was not apparent, two main types of appendages were obvious: (a) 

 a smaU "atlas" human figure standing on the shoulder of the vessel 

 and supporting the high flared-out collar above him (fig. 17, e) and 

 (6) froglike appendages which suggest handles because of their four- 

 pronged shape (fig. 29, e). These frog handles occur on both collared 

 jar shoulders, and the open pear-shaped bowl rims (fig. 17, d). The 

 presence of the atlas figure can often be inferred, when the effigy is 

 missing, by the rectangular feet painted on the vessel shoulder (fig. 



