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1942, fig. 480, a) and will be described in greater detail in the section 

 dealing with the Cuipo variety. 



A globular jar, listed from Parita, with a short flaring collar, a 

 rounded base which combines design type "c" and typical Ortiga 

 filler elements with the split-square-face design and a characteristic 

 shape of the Pica-pica variety, Macaracas type, is present in the 

 Dade Collection at the Museum of the American Indian (cat. No. 

 22/9340). Besides constituting a good example of the blending of 

 these two design patterns as discussed earlier, this is the only example 

 I know of which combines an Ortiga design with the globular jar 

 shape. As with the Yampi variety plate with a square-faced, dancing 

 crocodile drawn in Yampi style, this vessel may be a copy of a Pica- 

 pica variety vessel, but created by a potter working in the Ortiga style. 



Geographical range. — Vessels either definitely of this variety or with 

 marked similarities to it have been reported from the following areas: 

 Chu-iqui (Holmes, 1888, figs. 183, 207, 208, 209, 210; Lothrop, 1942, 

 figs. 480, a; 482, a and b; 483, 484; McCurdy, 1911, fig. 257); from 

 Sonk, Veraguas (Lothrop, 1942, fig. 479); from Macaracas (Lothrop, 

 1942, fig. 473, e); and from Parita (Lothrop, 1942, pi. 3,/; figs. 446, a; 

 448, d; Mus. Amer. Ind. cat. No. 22/9340). A few Ortiga sherds oc- 

 curred at He-1 and He-8. 



Chronological position. — Same as Nispero variety. 



Relationships of variety. — Related to other varieties of the type. 

 Also related through the bull's-eye crocodile design to the Pica-pica 

 variety of the Macaracas type. Related through various other ele- 

 ments to the Calabaza variety. 



Bibliography. — See above section on geographical range. 



Macaracas Polychrome 



, This type, the second main representative of the curvilinear style 

 at El Hatillo, consists of three varieties: the Pica-pica, the Higo, and 

 the Cuipo, the first two of which are fairly clear-cut groups with 

 numerous associated typical decorative motifs and vessel forms. 

 In each of these the preferred shapes are pedestal plates and globular 

 or subglobular collared jars ranging in size from miniature to large. 

 The favored design motifs are clawed scrolls, closed arcs with claw 

 elements, and various aUigator forms. The Cuipo variety shares 

 vessel form with the other two varieties and adds another form, 

 an angled shoulder collared jar, generally with a flattened area at 

 the collar base (fig, 35, j). Characteristic design attributes include 

 the rendering of the primary design motif in negative fashion and the 

 frequent use of a "seed pod" or highly conventionaHzed alligator 

 motif. 



