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b, and 34, c. Only a few sherds with this particular scroll motif were 

 recovered at the El HatHlo site, on shapes of both this variety and of 

 the Calabaza variety. The use of the "color stop" with one side open 

 (fig. 34, d) and a termination of the color-filled scroll in a single black 

 line or ellipse (fig. 34, a, b) is often associated with this type of scroll. 

 A variation of this, a split-legged scroll with claw elements in purple 

 and red similar to Pica-pica claw elements, was found on Ortiga 

 shaped sherds in Trench 8, Level 1. The few examples of the ex- 

 tremely large unknown vessel shape mentioned earlier depict the open 

 sided "color stop" and also are decorated with this type of scroll; 

 i.e., a split-legged scroll which ends in a fine line curve, almost a 

 completed ellipse, with small circle and dotted line filler elements 

 (fig. 34, a). The same principle of leaving a vacant or ground color 

 filled space within the design line to separate two different colors 

 occurs in the Pica-pica variety claw scroll, but there the side lines of 

 the design are continued unbroken (see figs. 40, c, and 41, b). 



One large sherd of a rounded shoulder vessel (collar or rim section 

 missing) combined a modified rectangular scroll and spectacle elements 

 similar to those on some of the face collars with a scroll element in 

 black (fig. 33, a) ; a combination of curvilinear and angular elements 

 similar to that present in the NIspero variety. 



Variations jrom other sites. — MacCurdy illustrates two collared jars 

 from Chiriqui with spHt-legged scroll motifs and typical Ortiga collar 

 and lip treatment, one of which has two modeled animal heads and 

 a ring base, and the other, an animal head and a blunt tail (MacCurdy, 

 1911, pi. 44, b; fig. 255; Lothrop, 1942, fig. 480, d and b). 



A large jar from Chiriqui with short flaring collar and pear-shaped 

 body, unmodified base, and decorated with two fullface round-headed 

 "monsters" and typical Ortiga filler elements, is illustrated by both 

 Hohnes and Lothrop (Hohnes, 1888, figs. 207 and 208; Lothrop, 1942, 

 fig. 482, a). The mouths on the faces have turned-down corners 

 similar to some of those on the Caimito variety vessels. On the same 

 vessel, a highly modified "seed pod" element similar to figure 44, g, is 

 present, an element characteristic of the Calabaza and Cuipo varieties 

 at the El Hatillo site. 



Another vessel with typical Ortiga elements, e.g., frog handles and 

 type "b" designs but with a ring base and high flaring collar, is 

 illustrated by Holmes and by Lothrop (Holmes, 1888, figs. 209 and 

 210; Lothrop, 1942, fig. 482, b). This vessel, also found in Chiriqui, is 

 significant primarily for the high coUar and ring base associated with 

 Ortiga decoration. 



An additional vessel from Chiriqui characterized primarily by 

 Cuipo variety designs, but with frog handles, is illustrated in Mac- 

 Curdy and in Lothrop (MacCurdy, 1911, figs. 257 and 258; Lothrop, 



